I don't know how many times I've read this book over the last 18 years. The pages are getting brittle, but it's satisfying every time. Perfect when I want to read but only have a few hours to invest.
Based on an 11th Century Iraqi oral folk tale, this is a story of a young woman from a family of six other sisters, a family who is shunned on account of not having any sons. This young woman disguises herself and ventures out into a man's world to seek her fortune as a trader, and to bring honor to...
I had never heard this story before so I can't say how well it was done compared to the original folktale, but I enjoyed this. It felt like something I would have read when I was younger, like Aesop's Fables or such, but I enjoyed the Arab setting which is a change of pace for me.
One of my most favorite books. I can read it over and over and never get tired of it.
Powerful short book that pulled me along from the first sentence all the way to be battered about the head near the end. Others have noted it in reviews, I believe maybe even on here. Noted the mention of the planes. And the destruction. The mention of how New Yorkers fear the planes, collapsing bui...
E. B. White shares his vision of New York City, a world of contrasts. My favorite image from this short book is that he describes in the last paragraph of the book is that of an old willow tree growing in an interior garden. He says it "symbolizes the city: life under difficulties, growth against od...
**Review for the picture book version by Barbara Cohen and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.This is a children's version and only contains four tales - The Nun Priest's Tale, The Pardoner's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale and The Franklin's Tale.I really liked this, but with a caveat. I, of course, ...
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