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The wise fool : fables from the Islamic world / Shahrukh Husain and Micha Archer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2011.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 1846862264
  • 9781846862267
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Contents:
The price of steam -- Star talk -- Boys' games -- Nasruddin's haircut -- Lying donkey -- Across the river -- The sweetest poison -- Is it possible? -- Predicting the future -- Bread and salt -- Where it belongs -- A fair reward -- Magic money -- Food for growing -- Riding politely -- Inside the coat -- In the highest company -- Edible bedding -- Share and share alike -- One-legged geese -- Treading on God's gift -- Tough accounts.
Summary: A retelling of twenty-two Middle Eastern folktales about Mulla Nasreddin Hoca, a wise man remembered for his insightful and humorous stories.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 398.2095 S525 Available 33111007125103
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Meet Mulla Nasruddin, a legendary character whose adventures and misadventures are enjoyed across the Islamic world. This witty collection of stories portrays his eccentric, engaging and irreverent character. Nasruddin always has a twinkle in his eye, a sliver of wisdom in his ramblings and a few good surprises up his sleeve! AGES: 6 and up AUTHOR: Shahrukh Husain writes for both adults and children and is the author of THE BAREFOOT BOOK OF STORIES FROM THE OPERA. When she is not writing, Shahrukh practices as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, specialising in transcultural work. Micha Archer has always loved the way words and pictures go together. Her illustrations are created using gouache, watercolour, pen and ink, and collage. She is influenced by her travels in West Africa, Mexico and Central America and the folk arts and crafts she saw there. She has also illustrated LOLA'S FANDANGO. REVIEWS: ". . . Husain's accessible and lively prose delivers satisfying morals that are rarely predictable; for example, when the Mulla concocts an inventive story to keep his pupils from eating his baklava and returns to find the plate empty, he praises a pupil who tells a tall tale of his own. Rendered in vibrant golds, greens, and blues, Archer's collages, created from a variety of papers and homemade stamps, seamlessly intermesh with the spirited vignettes" -- Publishers Weekly

Includes bibliographical references.

The price of steam -- Star talk -- Boys' games -- Nasruddin's haircut -- Lying donkey -- Across the river -- The sweetest poison -- Is it possible? -- Predicting the future -- Bread and salt -- Where it belongs -- A fair reward -- Magic money -- Food for growing -- Riding politely -- Inside the coat -- In the highest company -- Edible bedding -- Share and share alike -- One-legged geese -- Treading on God's gift -- Tough accounts.

A retelling of twenty-two Middle Eastern folktales about Mulla Nasreddin Hoca, a wise man remembered for his insightful and humorous stories.

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