"When young Arlo accidentally drops a book on the Mayor's head, the Mayor decides books are dangerous and destroys all the books in town! But thanks to Arlo's imagination and perseverance, the Mayor finds that suppressing stories cannot stop them from blossoming more beautifully than ever. This timely allegorical tale will be a useful tool for starting conversations with children about the power of activism and the written word. "

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Barefoot Books Ltd .

Rashin Kheiriyeh: Rashin Kheiriyeh was born in 1979 in Khoramshar, Iran. In 2008, she graduated wih an MA in Graphics from Tehran University. Rashin works as both an illustrator and a film director. She has illustrated 36 book for children that have been published in Iran, Frnce, Spain, Korea, Italy and India. The Merchant and the Parrot will be her first book to be published in the United States. An accompanying animation will be released on Enchanted Lion's YouTube Channel. Paul Czajak struggled with reading and writing as a kid, and never thought he'd end up writing books. But after working as a scientist for twenty years, he discovered that his creativity could no longer be contained to the laboratory. Now he hopes his books will be the seeds to a new generation of book gardeners! Paul lives in New Jersey, USA.