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K-3
Illustrated by
Rashin Kheiriyeh.
Arlo accidentally drops a book onto the mayor's head. The mayor retorts, "Books are dangerous...they act like seeds, which grow into ideas, and ideas turn into questions." Books get destroyed and the town suffers until Arlo's stories sprout a burgeoning book tree that inspires others to become book gardeners. The allegorical tale's striking mixed-media illustrations feature lots of books in many different languages.
32 pp.
| North-South
| March, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-0-7358-4274-8$17.95
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Illustrated by
Rashin.
Little Tiger's temper, illustrated as a red flame-like entity, sticks close to Tiger, yelling and stomping right along with him during tantrums. When Mama says, "you had better hold your temper," Tiger wonders what that means. The wordplay (which goes unexplained) may be obtuse for preschoolers, but they should relate to stubborn Tiger's feelings of frustration. Dominated by red, Rashin's childlike art suits the story.
64 pp.
| North-South
| December, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-0-7358-4240-3$19.95
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K-3
Translated by David Henry Wilson.
Illustrated by
Rashin.
In addition to helping break up the text-heavy pages, Rashin's muted-color, cartoonlike illustrations bring humor and a lively modern sensibility to sailor Sinbad's seafaring adventures. The formal, stilted narrative voice, while appropriate for the occasion, may be challenging to younger readers. An accessible and helpful introductory note provides context for the tales.