9 - 12 Years

Fatima the Spinner and the Tent (Arabic-English) $18.95

Fatima is a young woman whose life seems beset by one disaster after another. Setting forth on a journey from her home in the West, she is shipwrecked and cast ashore alone near Alexandria. Adopted by a family of weavers,...

The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal (Arabic-English) $18.95

When a boy visits another village, he is amazed to find the townspeople terrified of something that - just because they have not seen it before - they mistake for a terrible, dangerous animal. With his own knowledge and by...

The Magic Horse (Arabic-English) $17.95

The Magic Horse is the story of two brothers, one skilled in the practical arts, and the other, Prince Tambal, considered by most people to be only a dreamer. Their father, the King, announces a competition to produce...

The Old Woman and the Eagle (Arabic-English) $18.95

In this amusing story, an old woman encounters an eagle for the first time. Perplexed by its unfamiliar appearance, she decides to change it to suit her own ideas of what a bird should look like. Her efforts mirror a common...

The Silly Chicken (Arabic-English) $18.95

The Silly Chicken is a delightful and humorous tale about a chicken who learns to speak as we do - with surprising and unexpected consequences. The events that follow intrigue young children and, and at the same time, alert...

The Man with Bad Manners (German-English) $18.95

This is the story of a very badly behaved man, how a young boy invents a plan to change his behavior, and, with the help of the other villagers, succeeds. Children, of course, love the idea of an adult behaving badly. At the...

The Wild Swans (Vietnamese-English) $18.95

The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen is, with good reason, one of the world's most popular fairy tales. In its timeless form it addresses the issues out of which human dramas are made: fear, bravery, love, betrayal,...

The Wild Swans (Urdu-English) $18.95

The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen is, with good reason, one of the world's most popular fairy tales. In its timeless form it addresses the issues out of which human dramas are made: fear, bravery, love, betrayal,...

The Wisdom of Ahmad Shah: An Afghan Legend (Urdu-English) $18.95

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Great King Ahmad Shah Durrani ruled Afghanistan, and from there, a magnificent empire extending from eastern Iran to northern India, and from the Amu Darya to the Indian Ocean. Known to...

The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal (Pashto-English) $17.95

When a boy visits another village, he is amazed to find the townspeople terrified of something that - just because they have not seen it before - they mistake for a terrible, dangerous animal. With his own knowledge and by...

Neem the Half-Boy (Pashto-English) $18.95

The Queen of Hich-Hich fails to follow the instructions given to her by Arif the Wise Man, and, as a result, gives birth to a half-boy. Neem makes himself complete by an act of cleverness, negotiation and compromise. This...

The Old Woman and the Eagle (Pashto-English) $18.95

In this amusing story, an old woman encounters an eagle for the first time. Perplexed by its unfamiliar appearance, she decides to change it to suit her own ideas of what a bird should look like. Her efforts mirror a common...

The Silly Chicken (Pashto-English) $18.95

The Silly Chicken is a delightful and humorous tale about a chicken who learns to speak as we do - with surprising and unexpected consequences. The events that follow intrigue young children and, and at the same time, alert...

Fatima the Spinner and the Tent (Pashto-English) $18.95

Fatima is a young woman whose life seems beset by one disaster after another. Setting forth on a journey from her home in the West, she is shipwrecked and cast ashore alone near Alexandria. Adopted by a family of weavers,...

The Farmer's Wife (Pashto-English) $18.95

The story of The Farmer's Wife tells how a woman first loses an apple into a hole in the ground, and then attempts a series of efforts to get it back. Children enjoy learning to repeat the sequence from memory, and when the...

The Wild Swans (Korean-English) $18.95

The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen is, with good reason, one of the world's most popular fairy tales. In its timeless form it addresses the issues out of which human dramas are made: fear, bravery, love, betrayal,...

The Wisdom of Ahmad Shah: An Afghan Legend (Dari-English) $18.95

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Great King Ahmad Shah Durrani ruled Afghanistan, and from there, a magnificent empire extending from eastern Iran to northern India, and from the Amu Darya to the Indian Ocean. Known to...

The Stranger's Farewell (Dari-English) $17.95

The Stranger's Farewell is a very old story, one that has entertained people all over the world for hundreds of years. A stranger visits a young couple – he has been traveling for many days – and asks for a glass...

The Stranger's Farewell (Pashto-English) $18.95

The Stranger's Farewell is a very old story, one that has entertained people all over the world for hundreds of years. A stranger visits a young couple – he has been traveling for many days – and asks for a glass...

The Stranger's Farewell (Urdu-English) $18.95

The Stranger's Farewell is a very old story, one that has entertained people all over the world for hundreds of years. A stranger visits a young couple – he has been traveling for many days – and asks for a glass...