Region: Morocco

Materials from Morocco

Kassim’s Shoes

By Book Importer | Published: June 14, 2011

Kassim succumbs to pressure to abandon his old shoes but has trouble discarding them.

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Ali, Child of the Desert

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

On a trip to the Moroccan market town of Rissani, Ali becomes separated from his father during a sandstorm.

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Come and Play: Children of Our World Having Fun

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Come and Play features 32 photographs of children from everywhere. China, Japan, Greece, Wales, Morocco, Oman, Texas, New York, and many more. Each photo is beautiful, thought provoking, and accompanied by lines of children’s poetry that will amuse young readers, and cause adult readers to reflect and laugh as they see the images through children’s eyes. [...]

Other Descriptors: China, Early Years (ages 2-6), Greece, International, Japan, Oman, Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Themes: , » Leave a comment

The Storytellers

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Abdul and Grandfather pass through the streets of Fez, Morocco, and stop at an old gate, where Grandfather performs as a storyteller.

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The Beduin’s Gazelle

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In 1302, two cousins of the nomadic Beni Khalid tribe who are betrothed become separated by political intrigue between warring tribes. Sequel to The Ramsay Scallop.

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Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Relates the adventures of Ibn Battuta, a fourteenth-century traveler who, like Marco Polo, set forth on a seventy-five-thousand-mile journey of discovery through many lands, including Tanzania, China, Russia, and Morocco.

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Morocco

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

As part of the series Cultures of the World, this title covers the geography, history, government, economy, environment, peoples, arts, cultures and languages of the country of Morocco. Also by Orin Hargraves.

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Zorah’s Magic Carpet

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A Moroccan woman’s magic carpet takes her to far away places, which provide inspiration for her to create other beautiful carpets.

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