The three princes of Serendip : new tellings of old tales for everyone /
This feast of Middle Eastern folklore from an award-winning Iraqi storyteller is paired with vibrant cut-paper art. The twenty fables and folktales in this illustrated storybook have taken a long journey. Many have roots that stretch across Europe, Asia and Africa, but when award-winning writer and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English, translated from the Dutch. |
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Somerville, Massachusetts :
Candlewick Press,
[2021].
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| Edition: | First US edition. |
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| Summary: | This feast of Middle Eastern folklore from an award-winning Iraqi storyteller is paired with vibrant cut-paper art. The twenty fables and folktales in this illustrated storybook have taken a long journey. Many have roots that stretch across Europe, Asia and Africa, but when award-winning writer and gatherer of tales Rodaan Al Galidi learned them in his homeland of Iraq, it was as Arabic folktales and as part of the Arabic storytelling tradition. When he migrated to the Netherlands, he shaped twenty of those tales into his debut book for children, which was translated to English by Laura Watkinson. Filled with wisdom about love and acceptance, and warnings against folly, these elegantly translated stories, many unknown in the United States, of donkeys and roosters, kings, sheikhs and paupers are exquisitely illustrated by cut-paper artist Geertje Aalders. Beautifully packaged, The Three Princes of Serendip is a rich and varied introduction to the world of Middle Eastern folklore. |
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| Item Description: | "First published by Gottmer Publishing Group (Netherlands) 2017"--Colophon |
| Physical Description: | 123 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781536214505 1536214507 |