MONTY’S NEW HOUSE

After Maggie had portrayed the grim realities of London’s East End during the Blitz, Hilary created an escapist tropical adventure for her next story for Transatlantic Arts. It also enabled her to indulge her love of drawing animals.

Monty is a loveable but mischievous monkey who lives with his parents

Their house is far from satisfactory, with a leaking roof and no space for a lively youngster to make mischief.

Monty’s search for a new family home involves many adventures and encounters with variety of jungle wildlife, some friendly and some rather scary,

Eventually Monty meets a an airman whose plane has crashed into the top of a tree, and this is the scene of the inevitable happy ending