Just got this fab review from Alice Berger of the esteemed Berger Reviews in the USA:
That’s me handing a 500 pound cheque to Grainne McEntee of Borneo Orangutan Survival in London this week - money from the proceeds of Monkey Magic! Grainne and her colleagues in Indonesia and Europe work tirelessly to help rehabilitate orangutans, with about 900 apes under their care. Considering there are just 40,000 or so left in the world, that’s a large chunk of the population. Grainne and Aaron Reid told me about an exciting project to release orphaned orangutans into the wild this year. Every donation counts, so thanks everyone for buying Monkey Magic - a great read (I hope) and a great cause (without doubt).
I’m very excited because I just got the cover for part two of the Monkey Magic series. I love it, so special thanks to Leng, the illustrator. What do you think? Monkey Magic: The Great Wall Mystery will be released in Asia in September and in Europe and the USA a little bit later in the year. Everybody who has read it so far says the same thing: it’s even better than The Curse of Mukada! I hope you agree!
MMII Cover!
Many thanks to 12-year-old Melanie in Mumbai, India, for this great picture and great review!
“I really loved this amazing book! I couldn’t take my eyes off it from the start! My favourite book!!”
Congratulations to the prize winners in the Monkey Magic TV competition. Tammy (USA), Anna (England), Tanja (Singapore), Aaron (USA) and Harry (Singapore) will receive a signed copy of Monkey Magic: The Curse of Mukada. Thanks to everyone for your entries. Good news, especially for me: I have nearly finished Monkey Magic: The Great Wall Mystery. I aim to put the last full stop on the page before Christmas Day.
“A beautifully written tale of good vs. evil that will inspire its readers to join the fight to save the orangutan and help save the earth too!” National Geographic Kids
Monkey Magic will appear in the January issue of NG Kids UK!
I just put the title of the next book to the vote at United World College in Singapore; almost unanimous agreement on Monkey Magic: The Great Wall Mystery. Thanks to Mrs Ziemer for arranging a fun visit and to the hundred or so great kids who asked very astute questions.
Don’t forget; you can win a signed copy of The Curse of Mukada by entering the competition on MMTV. The competition closes December 15th. Lastly, congratulations to the winners of the Sumatran Orangutan Society competition: Helen Thompson, Rosie Phillips and Christina Cosgrove. A signed copy is heading their way. In case you don’t know, SOS is an amazing charity set up by Lucy Wisdom to help the fewer than 10,000 remaining orangutans on the island of Sumatra.
Watch Monkey Magic TV to find out how you can win a signed copy of Monkey Magic - The Curse of Mukada.
Click on Zig above or this link to go to the youtube page for Monkey Magic TV.
Singapore’s River Valley Primary School has become the first school in the world to make Monkey Magic part of its curriculum. Everyone in year three will get to read and study the book. My feelings about this can be summed up by the below picture. By the way, Romy’s next adventure will be called Monkey Magic: The Great Wall Mystery and I am a couple of months away from finishing it.
When I first talked about this with my kids, they were most concerned that the orangutan would insist on sleeping in the top bunk every night. When I explained that the orangutan would stay in its natural habitat, they were much more into the idea. Adopting an orangutan is a great way of helping one of the thousands of apes that have lost their home. Click on this page to find how to do it in your country.
