CLOUD TEA MONKEYS by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham. Illustrated by Juan Wijngaard. (Somerville, MA: Candlewick, c2010).
"Tashi took her bowl of sweet tea outside and stood beside the rough road in the blue morning." I love that line, from the second paragraph of this beautiful, pay-it-forward story about a little girl named Tashi whose mother is ill. Because she is ill, Tashi's mother is unable to work and thus cannot pay for a doctor's care. Tashi is too young to pick tea leaves on the nearby plantation. And she is sad because she cannot help earn money for a doctor. But Tashi has always treated the monkeys in the village with kindness and respect. And when the monkeys discover the reason for Tashi's sadness, they bring her a basket full of rare and valuable tea leaves. This is a lovely story, gently told, and embellished with jewel-toned illustrations that perfectly capture the tenor of the tale.
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