Wukong & Friends
Cover of Wukong and the Copycat Shadow
Children’s crayon doodles · 18 pages

Wukong and the Copycat Shadow

At shadow-show night, Wukong thinks a giant copycat is following him. Rabbit shows him it is his shadow: he blocks the light. Nearer the lamp, a puppet’s shadow grows big; farther away, it shrinks. And when the lamp goes off, the copycat goes home.

English bedtime picture book · About age 5 · Free to read and print

How do I print a little book?

Download the booklet edition. Print on US Letter, landscape, double-sided with short-edge flipping, at actual size / 100%, one PDF page per sheet, in normal page order. Each PDF page already contains two book pages.

The print booklet has 20 pages, including covers and an author page. The inside back cover is intentionally left quiet.

This book uses 5 sheets, with 0 blank book pages added at the end. Nest the sheets, fold through the center and staple along the fold.

Current reading and print files

The current English and Chinese editions are available below. Reading and booklet PDFs carry a subtle attribution watermark.

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