KAP AND THE WICKED MONKEY

by Betty Jean Lifton ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 29, 1968

Further sprightly adventures of Kap, the young kappa prince with ""a wide face like a monkey, a hard shell on his back like a turtle, webbed hands and feet like a frog-and strangest of all, a shallow bowl of water in the top of his head."" It's the water he must watch out for, his father warns him--his life depends on it. But mostly Kap is busy matching mischief with Saru the monkey until Saru gains a crucial advantage: Kap's father is ailing from overexposure to the moon and in trying to net it in the water (at Saru's suggestion), Kap is himself caught and overturned. The bowl that runneth over is refilled by a grateful crane whom Kap saved from Saru, and the cranes form a cloud to protect Kap's father from the moon. Amid general jubilation. Kap plans his next move. Quickly told (except for the distracting rhymed speech of the kappas) and drawn with free-flowing verve in black and white that's every shade of gray, this is child-style fun from a Japanese-style folktale.

Pub Date: April 29, 1968

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Norton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1968

Categories: CHILDREN'S