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Title: The Legend of the Persian Carpet by Tomie dePaola, Claire Ewart ISBN: 0-399-22415-7 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent intro to Persia
Comment: I recommend this book, and books like this one, to all parents who wish to introduce other cultures to their children. The story is simple and well told. The illustrations are absolutely fabulous and are faithful to the Persian architecture.
If I may respond to the reviewers, folk stories do not always follow the Hollywood goodguy-badguy plot. This story does have morales: We should not get attached to material things because they are not permanent, friendship is more important that diamonds, a little kid can come up with a great idea, great achievements are made by working together.
There is some truth to the legend too. A carpet dubbed as `Bahar of Khosrow' (spring of Khosrow), existed at the Palace of Ctesiphone which is referred to in Persian scripts as the `Arch Palace of Ctesiphone'. The carpet was 450 feet long and 90 feet wide, made for Sassanid king Khosrow and for this reason it was named `Bahar of Khosrow'. In the book, the king character is named "Balash", which was the name of five of the Sassanid kings.
One minor critique though, the Sassanid dynasty was pre-islamic. The illustrations in the book, both the architecture and peoples costumes, are obviously post-islamic. :-)
Rating: 5
Summary: Visually beautiful, engrossing tale
Comment: This beautifully written and illustrated tale for children ages 5 to 10, shows the power of childrens' kindness and ingenuity in a cleverly written story set in ancient Persia. Told like an old folktale, this story engrossed my two boys, ages 7 and 10, who thoroughly enjoyed the rich images the story and the pictures created. A good purchase for home or the classroom studying different cultures.
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Title: The Seven Wise Princesses: A Medieval Persian Epic by Wafa Tarnowska, Nilesh Mistry, Nizami Ganjavi Haft Paykar ISBN: 1841480223 Publisher: Barefoot Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Celebrating Norouz (Persian New Year) by Yassaman Jalali ISBN: 0972802002 Publisher: Saman Publishing Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Persian Cinderella by Shirley Climo ISBN: 0060267631 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 31 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Amoo Norooz and Other Persian Folk Stories by Ahmad Jabbari ISBN: 1568590652 Publisher: Mazda Pub Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Little Black Fish (Classics of Persian Literature) by Samad Bihrangi, Hushang Amuzgar, Allison Remick ISBN: 0936347783 Publisher: Ibex Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $8.50 |
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