Little Monk and the Mantis: A Bug, a Boy, and the Birth of a Kung Fu Legend

by John Fusco

Book Overview

**Creative Child Magazine 2012 Preferred Choice Award Winner**
**Gelett Burgess 2012 Children's Book of the Year Honor Award**

A young boy, abandoned on the steps of the Shaolin Temple, is adopted by mysterious Kung Fu monks. Raised in a place where the powers of animals are studied and practiced, Wong Long tries to fit in and learn kung fu.

Forever bested by the exotic animal styles of the other students, Wong Long...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804846502
• ISBN13: 9780804846509
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3