Two Crafty Jackals: The Animal Fables of Kalilah and Dimnah

by Elizabeth Laird

Book Overview

A good story is like a river that starts from far away and travels on and on. The animal stories in Two Crafty Jackals began their lives in India more than 2,000 years ago and have been travelling ever since. They were already a thousand years old when they were translated into Arabic. They jumped from Arabic into Persian and then continued their journey. They went back to India and then to Afghanistan and Georgia and Turkey. Later they arrived in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0991992814
• ISBN13: 9780991992812
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Aga Khan Museum
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7