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Memorable Morality Tale
By Daniel Middleton
This is a timeless tale of Tiger, Monkey, Water Buffalo, and Gecko, four idealistic creatures who argue amongst themselves over who would make the greatest king. But when a wise elephant appears and challenges them to a race to determine who is truly worthy of being king, the strengths and weaknesses of the four are revealed, and the outcome will surprise you. Later, when the four animals are admiring the beautiful ruins of the ancient Cambodian temple complex called Angkor Wat, they realize that they have in fact been in the presence of a true great king, and the very last of his kind.Graeme Base is both the author and illustrator of this grand tale, and the art, which was created digitally on a drawing tablet, is deep, rich, and vivid. Characters seem to pop out of the elegant page borders that frame the action. This is an excellent addition to any children’s book collection.
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amazing, epic illustrations- bland story
By Allison A. Slater
ok, the illustrations are spectacular, as usual. The Kindle version is readable but most likely the paper version will show off the amazing illustrations to their greatest effect. However, I have to say the story is a bit bland. A bunch of animals race to their goal, a ruin in the jungle, at the end none of them are deemed worthy because while they all have strengths, each showed a fatal flaw. So the animals are chastened at the end and vow to improve themselves. The story has a kind of Eastern Zen-type spirituality to it but overall there's not much to the plot. This book is still worth getting for the pictures, however.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Another grand Graeme Base effort
By Dancing Man
One jolly romp through the jungles to a destination made of learning and understanding which means the eventual acquiring of wisdom in this case.Beautiful artwork, well taught story/lesson.Originally bought this as a reminder of our trip to Angkor Wat a couple years ago. On that trip as on others we visited a local school (actually two) and gifted each of them with a copy of Animalia the most wonderful alphabet learning book ever, it was in recent restocking of that title i found this one.
