While not initially keen on Max pursuing the sport, Max’s mother was impressed with his devotion. The boys’ commitment to honing their jianzi skills proved successful. First though, Max, along with his pal, Kai, had to practice, practice, practice to earn a place in the big match. “Practice your technique and not your talking and you’ll go far.”Įncouraged by his father, Max was eager to register for the annual shuttlecock tournament to try to beat the reigning champions.
His friend Kai introduced him to jianzi, or shuttlecock, and was soon noticed by the coach. Playing a sport is often a great way to channel all this pent up energy and that’s exactly what Max did. Maybe you know a child like this, or were just like Max when you were a child.
The little monkey Max was born to the Queen and her prankster husband, the Monkey King. “A chimp off the old block,” Max was eager to follow in his father’s footsteps, so much so that when he began school, he found it difficult to sit still and follow the teacher’s instructions. Interior artwork from The Year of the Monkey: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac by Oliver Chin with illustrations by Kenji Ono, Immedium ©2016. This circle consists of animals whose unique personality traits are supposed to be representative of those found in individuals born under that symbol. In just 36 pages, you’ll get to learn about the Chinese culture, its New Year, and its organization of time “in cycles of twelve years,” and symbolized by the zodiac circle. I’m proud to have been born in The Year of the Dog, but I think many readers will enjoy figuring out which family members’ birthdays fall in the Year of the Monkey. We love getting the word out about Oliver Chin’s Tales from the Chinese Zodiac and this year we’re delighted to share his latest, The Year of the Monkey.
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