The Bird's Relative - Couverture souple

Shah, Idries

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1971291498 ISBN 13 : 9781971291499

Editeur : Hoopoe Books, 2026

Synopsis

A wealthy merchant's prize possession is a beautiful bird.

Believing that he loves the exotic creature too much to set it

free, the merchant discovers that animals are sometimes better at learning by example than humans.

This is one of a series of illustrated books for the young written by the Afghan philosopher and educator Idries Shah, whose collections of narratives and teaching stories have captivated the hearts and minds of people from all walks of life. It belongs to a rich storytelling tradition from Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Middle East that is more than 1000 years old.

These tales are more than entertaining; they are designed specifically to foster thinking skills and perception. They suggest in their structure and in the movement of their characters ways of looking at difficulties that can help solve problems. Children will learn that it is good to observe others in order to learn and that sometimes the actions of others are not all that they first seem to be.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Idries Shah spent much of his life collecting and publishing Sufi classical narratives and teaching stories from oral and written sources in the Middle East and Central Asia. The tales he retold especially for children are published by Hoopoe Books in beautifully illustrated editions and have been widely commended - by Western educators and psychologists, the U.S. Library of Congress, National Public Radio and other media - for their unique ability to foster social-emotional development, thinking skills and perception in children and adults alike. Told for centuries, these stories express universal themes from the cultures that produced them, showing how much we have in common and can learn from each other. As noted by reviewers, such stories are more than just entertaining; familiarity with them provokes flexibility of thought, since each one contains levels of meaning that unfold in accordance with an individual's experience and understanding.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hoopoe Books
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1971291498
• ISBN 13: 9781971291499
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Illustrateur: Stevanovic Tanja
• Nombre de pages: 42
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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