bilingual books

A Sufi teaching tale in which two very different princes find their hearts' desires: one in a wondrous, mechanical fish, the other in a magical wooden horse.

A clever fox is trapped by a clever farmer who offers the fox a chicken, but the fox manages to outwit the man and escape.

A collection of three humorous stories featuring the Sneetches, the Zax, and other fanciful characaters.

"[Presents an illustrated look at the] story of the daughter of ancient Ethiopian King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia: Princess Andromeda. Andromeda's beauty was so renowned that it ignited the jealousy of Poseidon, who sent a great sea monster to devour her. But her plight inspired the Greek hero Perseus to intervene in her rescue, and then to marry her"--Amazon.

"'Amazing Sports from Around the World' explores . . . sports from diverse cultures and locations. Learn about Ostrich Racing, Tuna Toss, Elephant Polo, and much more! . . . The book comes with lesson plans, extension activities, and audio to support teaching in diverse classrooms"--OCLC.

Retells the story of the three little pigs and the wolf who wanted to eat them.

A Sufi teaching tale from Afghanistan about an old woman who insists that an eagle must really be a pigeon.

Because she does not faithfully follow the instructions of Arif the Wise Man, the Queen of Hich-Hich gives birth to a half-boy, who grows up to be very clever and confronts a dragon in an effort to become whole.

"The original version of Fatima the Spinner and the tent was published in 1979 in Tales of the Dervishes: Teaching-Stories of the Sufi Masters over the past thousand years by Idries Shah"--Title page verso.

Contains a Sufi folk tale of a boy who visits another village and helps the townspeople deal with their fear of something that they have mistaken for a terrible, dangerous animal.