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The Kampung Boy, also known as Lat, the Kampung Boy or simply Kampung Boy, is a graphic novel about a young boy's experience as he grows up in a rural area of Perak, a Malaysian state, in the 1950s. The book is an autobiographical account of its artist, Lat, telling his adventures in the jungles and tin mines, his circumcision, family, and school life. It is also the basis for an eponymous animated series broadcast in 1999. First published in 1979 by Berita Publishing, The Kampung Boy was a commercial and critical success; its first printing (of at least 60,000 copies) was sold out within four months of its release. Narrated in English with a smattering of Malay, the work has been translated to other languages, such as Japanese and French, and sold abroad.
The book made Lat an international figure and a highly regarded cartoonist in Malaysia. It won several awards when released as Kampung Boy in the United States, such as Outstanding International Book for 2007 and the Children's Book Council and Booklist Editor's Choice for 2006. The Kampung Boy became a franchise; the characters of The Kampung Boy decorated calendars, stamps, and aeroplanes—promoting products and ideals. A Malaysian theme park is planned to open in 2012 with the fictional characters as part of its attractions. The Kampung Boy is very popular in Southeast Asia and has gone through its sixteenth reprint. A sequel, Town Boy, which followed the protagonist in his teenage years in the city, followed in 1981 and a spin-off, Kampung Boy: Yesterday and Today, was published in 1993. The latter book reused the setting of The Kampung Boy for its comparisons and contrasts of the differences between Malaysian childhood experiences in the 1950s and 1980s.