(Also Turkey and Ottoman Empire)
PICTURE BOOKS
$ How Many Donkeys? by Margaret MacDonald
An Arabic counting tale.
♦ $ Sindbad from One Thousand and One Arabian Nights retold by Ludmila Zeman
For centuries, readers have been fascinated by the stories of the Arabian Nights. Perhaps the best-known is Sindbad the Sailor. He discovers an island paradise, but it is actually a giant whale. He sees a huge mountain. It is, in fact, the egg of the famous Roc, a bird so huge that she can carry an elephant in her talons. Sindbad manages to escape from Roc’s nest by tying his turban to the bird’s leg and is transported to the final adventure in this volume: the Valley of Diamonds. It is a story of high adventure and wit overcoming any obstacle.
$ The Flying Carpet by Marcia Brown
A 1956 illustrated version of the famous story from Arabian Nights.
An Arabic counting tale.
♦ $ Sindbad from One Thousand and One Arabian Nights retold by Ludmila Zeman
For centuries, readers have been fascinated by the stories of the Arabian Nights. Perhaps the best-known is Sindbad the Sailor. He discovers an island paradise, but it is actually a giant whale. He sees a huge mountain. It is, in fact, the egg of the famous Roc, a bird so huge that she can carry an elephant in her talons. Sindbad manages to escape from Roc’s nest by tying his turban to the bird’s leg and is transported to the final adventure in this volume: the Valley of Diamonds. It is a story of high adventure and wit overcoming any obstacle.
$ The Flying Carpet by Marcia Brown
A 1956 illustrated version of the famous story from Arabian Nights.
IMAGINATIVE
FC S3-311 Aladdin, or the Magic Lamp
BH 8-92 The Magic Horse from Arabian Nights
BH 8-109 The Story of the Talking Bird from Arabian Nights
BH 8-109 The Story of the Talking Bird from Arabian Nights
JC 2-207 The Bear in the Pear Tree
JC 7-3 Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
JC 7-57 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
JC 7-3 Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
JC 7-57 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
♦ Ali Baba by Jean Lee Latham
$ Olcott’s The Arabian Nights by Frances Jenkins Olcott (1913)
♥ Stories from Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman (1907) Ill. by Edmund Dulac
♥ The Arabian Nights Entertainments retold for young people by Martha Lane (1915)
♥ The Arabian Nights: their best known tales by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1909) Ill. by Maxfield Parrish
► Weiss, Jim, Arabian Nights
$ Olcott’s The Arabian Nights by Frances Jenkins Olcott (1913)
♥ Stories from Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman (1907) Ill. by Edmund Dulac
♥ The Arabian Nights Entertainments retold for young people by Martha Lane (1915)
♥ The Arabian Nights: their best known tales by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1909) Ill. by Maxfield Parrish
► Weiss, Jim, Arabian Nights
CULTURAL
JC 3-175 Mischief in Fez
This is a tale of the mischief and magic of djinns in the city of Fez. Although the story is entirely a fairy tale, it gives a very realistic picture of life and customs in Morocco.
This is a tale of the mischief and magic of djinns in the city of Fez. Although the story is entirely a fairy tale, it gives a very realistic picture of life and customs in Morocco.
♦ $ This is a tale of djinns, - of their mischief and their magic in the Moroccan city of Fez.” The 14th century city of Fez entertains and informs young readers through action set in the palace, mosque, and market place in a tale of adventure and delicious danger to the household of Mohammed Ali and his son Mousa. First published in 1943, this extraordinary story blends the exotic traditions of a Moroccan household with ancient legends of spirits, both good and bad. Who is the mysterious bride with her pet gazelle? When the fountain stops, the orange tree is bare, and scorpions appear, the household in Fez is unsettled.
♥ Our Little Arabian Cousin by Blanche McManus
♥ Our Little Crusader Cousin by Evaleen Stein
♥ Our Little Turkish Cousin by Mary Wade
♥ Our Little Arabian Cousin by Blanche McManus
♥ Our Little Crusader Cousin by Evaleen Stein
♥ Our Little Turkish Cousin by Mary Wade
HISTORICAL
BH 10-30 The Children's Crusade
$ Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley
Forty years before the boy was born, a horde of bloodthirsty barbarians thundered out of the west and conquered his native land. They had succeeded because his people, ever at war with one another, had not fought together to defend their cities. In time the boy was destined to become the very leader that was needed, a man with the courage and vision to unite his people and face the most fearsome and brilliant warrior of the age.
Forty years before the boy was born, a horde of bloodthirsty barbarians thundered out of the west and conquered his native land. They had succeeded because his people, ever at war with one another, had not fought together to defend their cities. In time the boy was destined to become the very leader that was needed, a man with the courage and vision to unite his people and face the most fearsome and brilliant warrior of the age.