Author: Eric Critchley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780584623390
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 207

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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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A collection of fifty-eight traditional Persian folktales and legends translated from Kermānī and Bakhtīarī, including a guide to the pronunciation of Persian words and a glossary.

Author: Ahmad Jabbari
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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A collection of four stories about life in Iran through stories that are passed on from generation to generation.

Author: Melissa Bashardoust
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250134692
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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Melissa Bashardoust’s acclaimed debut novel Girls Made of Snow and Glass is “Snow White as it’s never been told before...a feminist fantasy fairy tale not to be missed” (BookPage)! “Utterly superb.” —ALA Booklist, starred review “Dark, fantastical, hauntingly evocative.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “An empowering and progressive original retelling.” —SLJ, starred review Sixteen-year-old Mina is motherless, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone—has never beat at all, in fact, but she’d always thought that fact normal. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves to Whitespring Castle and sees its king for the first time, Mina forms a plan: win the king’s heart with her beauty, become queen, and finally know love. The only catch is that she’ll have to become a stepmother. Fifteen-year-old Lynet looks just like her late mother, and one day she discovers why: a magician created her out of snow in the dead queen’s image, at her father’s order. But despite being the dead queen made flesh, Lynet would rather be like her fierce and regal stepmother, Mina. She gets her wish when her father makes Lynet queen of the southern territories, displacing Mina. Now Mina is starting to look at Lynet with something like hatred, and Lynet must decide what to do—and who to be—to win back the only mother she’s ever known...or else defeat her once and for all. Entwining the stories of both Lynet and Mina in the past and present, Girls Made of Snow and Glass traces the relationship of two young women doomed to be rivals from the start. Only one can win all, while the other must lose everything—unless both can find a way to reshape themselves and their story.

Author: Firdausi
Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN: 3986778160
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231

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The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia Firdausi - The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia (The Shahnameh) is an epic poem by the Persian poet Firdausi, written between 966 and 1010 AD. Telling the past of the Persian empire, using a mix of the mythical and historical, it is regarded as a literary masterpiece. Not only important to the Persian culture, it is also important to modern day followers of the Zoroastrianism religion. It is said that the poem was Firdausi's efforts to preserve the memory of Persia's golden days, following the fall of the Sassanid empire. The poem contains, among others, mentions of the romance of Zal and Rudba, Alexander the Great, the wars with Afrsyb, and the romance of Bijan and Manijeh.

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Publisher: World Wisdom, Inc
ISBN: 1937786013
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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Brings to life the story of Bijan, a brave young knight from the ancient land of Persia, and his star-crossed lover, Manijeh, princess of an enemy kingdom. This story has been rendered into films, operas, and plays. It is rich in symbolism and filled with acts of heroism, secret potions, and the king's all-knowing golden cup.

Author: Eleanor Brockett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Elizabeth Laird
Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 9781847804976
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Shahnameh is a collection of stories and myths from ancient Iran, filled with kings, heroes, princesses, magical animals and demons. Written as an epic poem by the poet Ferdowsi in the 10th century, it is one of the great classics of Persian literature. The tales include the Simurgh, the giant bird who brings up an orphaned king in her nest on a craggy rock, wicked King Zahhak with his man-eating snakes, and above all the story of the great hero Rustam and his son Sohrab.Elizabeth Laird is passionate about bringing this great epic poem to the children of western cultures, as well as retelling it for Iranian children living in the West.

Author: Elizabeth Jamison Hodges
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Retelling of the a story of three princes from Serendip and their journeys.

Author: Tomie DePaola
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
ISBN:
Category : Carpets
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Tomie dePaola matches his storytelling talent with the richly patterned artwork of Claire Ewart to provide a tale that brings magnificent detail and feeling to this Middle Eastern fable of loss overcome by art. Full color.