A beautiful picture book about family and love across distance. Mona’s grandmother, her Sitti, lives in a small Palestinian village on the other side of the earth. Once, Mona went to visit her. The couldn’t speak each other’s language, so they made up their own. They learned about each other’s worlds, and they discovered each other’s secrets. Then it was time for Mona to go back…
With the aid of a genie from a magic lamp, Aladdin fights an evil magician and wins the hand of a beautiful princess. There was once a boy named Aladdin. And, in truth, he was a very lazy boy. Instead of minding his mother and helping with the chores, Aladdin would run off to play in the streets.
A long time ago in Arabia, on the night of the full moon, Ali Baba noticed something very strange as he gathered firewood. A rumbling sound, like thunder, came not from the sky but from beneath the earth... The classic tale of Ali Baba is told in this book in two languages - Italian & English - in parallel. Accompanied by excellent color illustrations.
Avi and Hamudi are two boys who live in Jerusalem's Old City―Avi in the Jewish Quarter and Hamudi in the Muslim Quarter. To each boy, the other’s neighborhood is an alien land. And although neither boy knows it, both are caring for the same beautiful white stray cat. One day the boys follow the cat as she travels the winding streets and crosses the boundaries between the city’s quarters. …