Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham live in Devon, in a house not too
far from the sea. Elspeth writes in a room on the ground floor
while Mal writes in the attic. Sometimes they meet in the middle to
write books like this one. It is Elspeth who finds the seeds the
stories grow from. She found the seed for Cloud Tea Monkeys while
working on a book about tea. Mal is the author of teenage novels
Keeper (9781406303933), Exposure (9781406306491) and Carnegie
Medal-winning Tamar (9781406303940).
Though of Dutch origin, Juan Wijngaard was born in
Argentina, South America. During the 1970s, he attended The Royal
College of Art in London to study illustration. Landing his first
commission whilst he was still a student, he has since has produced
over thirty books for children, including Green Finger House, his
first book and winner of the Mother Goose Award in 1981,
Shakepeare’s Globe (9780744592795), Tales of Wonder and Magic
(9780744581478) and the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning Sir Gawain and
the Loathly Lady. He lives with his family in New Mexico, USA.
"The touching tale of Tashi's relationship with her mother and with a troupe of monkeys is enhanced by Juan Wijngaard's evocative and sumptuous illustrations... Beautifully produced, the novel is an object to cherish and a tale to remember." (Sunday Times)"
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