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Children's Nonfiction Asia

The Story of the Three Buddhist Monks

Based on a Traditional Chinese Folk Tale

by (author) Jing Jing Ding

illustrated by Nelson Daboud

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1996
Category
Asia, General, General
Recommended Age
9 to 12
Recommended Grade
4 to 7
Recommended Reading age
9 to 12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781895681116
    Publish Date
    Jan 1996
    List Price
    $8.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554886630
    Publish Date
    Jan 1996
    List Price
    $7.99

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A story of three Buddhist monks based on a traditional Chinese folk tale about cooperation.

Without cooperation, one monk can fetch two buckets of water, two monks will only be able to fetch one bucket of water, and three monks will fetch no water at all.

About the authors

Jing Jing Ding is a Chinese-Canadian living in London, Ontario. She came to Canada in 1989 and received her Masters in Education from the University of Western Ontario two years later. She is currently a supply teacher for both the London and the Middlesex County Boards of Education.

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Nelson Daboud is a twenty-year-old student of the visual arts in his home town of London, Ontario. He is a reluctant rider of public transportation by day, champion and defender of piglets around the world ... and Middlesex County ... by night!

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