A high-quality colouring book, perfect for older children and adults, featuring the geometric and arabesque patterns used in Islamic art, taken from carpets, pottery and buildings. Featuring beautiful black and white line drawings of many traditional Islamic patterns and designs, allowing readers to colour them in their own style. With lots of snippets of information about Islamic life, such as farming and hunting, weaponry and science; learn about the history of Islam as well as the images, motifs and colours typical of Islamic art in a fun and interactive way.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Patterns To Colour .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years.

There are 32 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2013 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Straun Reid is a graduate in archaeology, and worked for five years on historical sites in the Middle East. He returns to give lectures on the castles of the saracens and the crusaders.