The Old Woman and the Eagle: Bilingual English-Arabic Edition

by Idries Shah

Book Overview

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 pattern of human thought: altering the unfamiliar to make it acceptable.

This tale is specially presented for children by Afghan author Idries Shah, who for more than 30 years, collected stories from the Sufi tradition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946270261
• ISBN13: 9781946270269
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Hoopoe Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 3 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 5