The MONKEY SERIES are picture books based on the ancient Chinese fantasy novel Journey to the West, a story rich in tales about demons and monsters who try to stop the Tang Priest Xuanzang from reaching the Thunder Monastery in India to fetch Buddhist scriptures. The real hero of this novel, loved for four hundred years by Chinese readers, is the resourceful, brave and humorous Monkey.
Stealing the Golden Bells, tells how Monkey cures the king of Purpuria of his illness. Monkey learns that the queen has been kidnapped by a demon doing harm in the kingdom. He manages to enter the demon's cave, steal his magic golden bells, subdue him and rescue the queen.
