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| Kindergarten-Grade 4. Ye's plot illustrates a familiar Chinese proverb, "Three Monks, No Water," close in meaning to the saying "Let George do it," wryly noting how individuals shirk group responsibilities. One monk living alone in his mountain temple never misses his daily trip down to the nearest stream to fill two buckets with water. When a second monk joins him, they share the task, with diminished efficiency. After the arrival of a third monk, the responsibility for water fetching belongs to no one, and the temple suffers a drought?until a disaster frightens the monks into creative negotiation. The carefully composed illustrations, acrylic and colored pencil on a textured golden ground, use a few common objects to re-create the unfamiliar setting, a Buddhist monastery. The proverb, rendered in ancient style Chinese calligraphy, is part of the background on every spread. With their shaved heads and flowing robes, the three monks display a range of emotions in their gestures and expressions, from meditative peace to silent reproof, consternation, and terror. Through muted colors and low contrast, the art and text make a quiet point, one worth discussing with children.?Margaret A. Chang, North Adams State College, MA
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| _Three Monks, No Water_ is the story of how three monks came to learn the lesson of responsibility.
One young monk lived alone in a mountaintop monastery. He carried water daily from the creek in the valley. When an older, skinny monk arrives, they try to carry the water together, but with no luck, because one monk is much taller than the other one.
A fat monk then arrives, and each monk then believes that the water chore can be done without him. As a result, no water is carried to the house, and a fire starts the next day. All three monks pull together to extinguish the fire, and they fairly divvy up the chores from that day on.
My 2 1/2 year old son likes this book. While it is probably most suitable for older children, an inquisitive child will be fascinated with the peculiarities of the monastic life portrayed in this book. It's not every day a toddler sees a book about monks!
Of course, the fire is quite exciting as well.
ken32
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