Iran has mountains striped with snow, dense forests where bears and lynxes still roam, deserts, bazaars...but above all it has stories - of fairies and demons, of a monstrous metal eagle called the okab, of romantic cockroaches and foolish weavers. During her travels, Elizabeth Laird has gathered a wealth of stories, and here she retells, in her own inimitable style, some of Iran's best, with delightfully offbeat illustrations from Shirin Adl.



Praise for A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq:

'Its baddies are wolves and thieves; its stories are fabulous.'

The Daily Telegraph

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

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

SHIRIN ADL was born in Harlow, England, in 1975. She received a first class BA honours in illustration from Loughborough University, and won the Hallmark M&S division Talented Designer Award. She currently lives in Oxford with her husband. Elizabeth Laird has been nominated five times for the Carnegie Medal and has won numerous