Little Monk and the Mantis: A Bug, a Boy, and the Birth of a Kung Fu Legend: The Story of the Young Shaolin Monk Who Created China's Most Famous M

by John Fusco

Book Overview

**2012 Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award Winner**

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 runs away from the temple. That summer, he discovers and befriends...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804842213
• ISBN13: 9780804842211
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3