Posted by Grant on Jul 3, 2010 in
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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!
Posted by Grant on Apr 13, 2010 in
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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!!”
Posted by Grant on Dec 17, 2009 in
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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.
Posted by Grant on Nov 25, 2009 in
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“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!
Posted by Grant on Nov 23, 2009 in
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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.
Posted by Grant on Oct 11, 2009 in
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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.
Posted by Grant on Oct 7, 2009 in
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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.
Posted by Grant on Sep 6, 2009 in
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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.
Posted by Grant on Jul 16, 2009 in
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Congratulations to the five winners of signed copies of Monkey Magic from the Borneo Orangutan Survival appeal for funds to help 100 apes return to the wild. They are Krystyna Newberry, Gemma Ellis, Lecia Foston, Gillian Flack and Julie Boadle. Enjoy the book!
Posted by Grant on Jun 8, 2009 in
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The first one is from an Discovery article saying that scientists studying tickling (how do you get that job?) reckon that primates have evolved laughing over 10 to 15 million years. Some of my jokes are certainly that old. The muddy orangutan is from a great story about a rare discovery of orangutans swimming through crocodile infested waters.
And this cute chap is from the World Society for the Protection of Animals website. 
I saw an interesting (and complicated) BBC story showing that scientists worked out the benefit of keeping rainforests outweighs the money that companies make chopping it down. Like that wasn’t obvious. But the point is they are trying to work out a system whereby companies can be paid not to tear it down. Whatever works.
