Young Mustafa gets very bored in his father's shop in Morocco especially when his father tries to teach him new languages. One day he runs from the shop to the marketplace and is able to welcome tourists in their native languages. In gratitude they follow Mustafa back to his father's shop and buy new things.
Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, and people of Morocco, a unique northern African nation surrounded by both water and desert.
In 1938, three orphans--Theo, Carl, and Ian, ages ten to thirteen--lead three teachers through a portal that takes them from Dover, England, to Morocco in their quest to locate six silver boxes before the ancient prophecies therein are found by the evil Demogorgon's offspring.
In Sydney, Australia, and in Morocco, two boys and their families have a day of shopping. Readers are invited to compare illustrations in two wordless stories that are intended to be read one from left to right and the other from right to left.
