"Seven wise and wonderful stories, showing how peace and kindness can make our world a better place. These inspirational, timeless stories are from Ethiopia, Sudan, Palestine, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria -- plus a rare Uighur story from China. Beautifully told by renowned storytell...
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Mythical creatures, enchanted encounters, strange serpents, and wise magicians are brought together in a rich compilation of Iraqi folk tales.
"Inspired by award-winning author's Elizabeth Laird's own childhood growing up in post-war London, The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown is a classic coming-of-age story, perfect for fans of The Skylarks' War and I Capture the Castle. Charity Brown's life is about to change--her...
New at school, Jani shows her monkey classmates all the ways that her wheelchair makes her special.
Thirteen-year-old Safiya and her family have been driven out of Syria by civil war. Safiya knows how lucky she is-- lucky not to be living in a refugee camp, lucky to be alive. But it's hard to feel grateful when she's forced to look after her father and brother rather than go ba...
The great athletes of the Ethiopian national team are Solomon's heroes and he dreams that one day he will be a gold-medal-winning athlete like them, in spite of his ragged shorts and bare feet. When his grandfather announces that he's going to take Solomon to Addis Ababa, Solomon...
"The little girl is so bored at home. There's NO-ONE to play with! That is until she decides to play the name game with the nature and animals around her, inventing fantastic names and personalities for all of them! Soon she is describing a fun imaginary world that she can play i...
On her way to her grandfather's house with a bunch of bananas, Beatrice has a series of mishaps with jungle animals who each substitute something new for what she is carrying.
During the Israeli occupation of Ramallah in the West Bank of Palestine, twelve-year-old Karim and his friends create a secret place for themselves where they can momentarily forget the horrors of war.
Visiting her grandmother in the country, Rosy learns facts and folklore about flowers as she presses flowers, gathers seeds, and makes potpourri.
An Ethiopian retelling of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus illustrated with traditional works of art.
When disaster strikes their families, Mamo and Dani are compelled to live as street urchins in the slums of an Ethiopian city.
Twelve-year-old Omar and his brothers and sister were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn't care about politics - all her wants is to grow up to become a successful businessman who will take the world by storm. But when his clever older ...
A collection of short stories and myths from Iran, describing kings, heroes, princesses, magical animals, demons, and more. Originally written as an epic poem by the poet Ferdowsi in the 10th century, this collection includes tales of the Simurgh, the giant bird who brings up an...
When Tara's father, a Kurdish resistance fighter, is betrayed to the Iraqi police, the family is forced to flee their home and make a terrifying journey to the mountains of Iran.