Monkey Magic

Competition Winners!

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:57:31 +0000

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.

National Geographic Reviews Monkey Magic!

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:26:41 +0000

“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!

Vote on Sequel Title: Results In!

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:21:13 +0000

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 MMTV - Win A Signed Copy of Monkey Magic!

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:37:18 +0000

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.

River Valley Rocks

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:25:36 +0000

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.

Adopting an Orangutan

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:53:26 +0000

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.

Borneo Orangutan Survival Book Winners

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:13:06 +0000

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!

Amazing Photos

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:41:58 +0000

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.

Another Reason to Think Twice About Chopping Down Trees

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:42:36 +0000

Help Orangutans - and Stand to Win Monkey Magic

admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:19:48 +0000

Borneo Orangutan Survival is raising $100,000 to help 100 orangutans return to the wild. The Freedom Mosiac Appeal works by people donating 10 pounds to buy a tile in the mosaic, but there is a possible bonus.

FREE COPIES OF MONKEY MAGIC!!

Five of the tiles have a secret copy of the book, a bit like the gold tickets in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. If you or your parents might be interested, go to the Mosaic website.