No. of pages 80
Published: 2014
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There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Medina Publishing Ltd .
Frances Gillespie is a British writer and journalist, resident in Qatar for over 25 years. Her bestselling book, Discovering Qatar, was published in 2006, reprinted in 2008, and has sold over 8, 000 copies. She also co-authored Common Birds of Qatar (2010). Julia Johnson is a drama teacher turned children's author, storyteller and performer who first came to Dubai in 1975. She has appeared on stage, TV and radio in the UK and in Dubai, has toured Theatre-in-Education productions to schools and has recorded over 100 audio books. Julia's stories frequently focus on the history and culture of the Arabian Peninsula. She has written over a dozen stories for children including 'The Camel That Got Away' and 'Humpy Grumpy's Mission Improbable'. 'The Turtle Secret' won the Best International Children's Book Award at Sharjah International Book Fair 2014. She has toured schools and colleges across the Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia with talks and workshops, and is a regular speaker at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. Charlene Kasdorf grew up in the prairies of Canada and spent afternoons rummaging through the boxes of paper in her parents' printing shop. Logically, she began her studies in Graphic Design, and while working internationally, earned her BFA and MEd. She now lives in Qatar and balances her work in illustration, art, and education . all the while spending afternoons watching her two little sand pirates construct inventions and stories out of paper.
This book has the following chapters: Introduction; The blue jackal, the camel and the jackal; the clever donkey, the donkey who liked to sing; the elephant and his friend the dog; the farmer's wife and the tiger; the four friends; the hare and the lion; the hawks and their friends; the heron and the crab; the jackal and the hedgehog; the lion and the wolf; the mice and the cats; the monkey and the crocodile; the ringdoves and the rat; the talkative turtle; the three fish