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Cloud Tea Monkeys
By Peet, Mal & Graham, Elspeth & Wijngaard, Juan
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2010
K-Gr 3 Tashi's mother labors on a tea plantation in the shadow of the Himalayas. One day she is too ill to get out of bed. Tashi knows that without her day's wages, they won't have money for a doctor, but without medical care her mother won't get well enough to work. "The problem went around and around. It was like a snake with its tail in its mouth, and Tashi was frightened by it." The child tries to pick tea herself, but she is too small to reach the tops of the plants where the tender ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Tashi shares her fruit with the wild monkeys near the tea plantation where her mother toils. When her mother falls ill, t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on April 1, 2010
The story has the charm and grandeur of a fairy tale, but it is one that most readers will not have heard before. Tashi’s bravery in the face of imposing challenges is inspi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
