(Bilingual English-Turkish edition) When a boy visits another village, he is amazed to find the people terrified of something that - just because they have not seen it before - they mistake for a terrible, dangerous animal. Using his own knowledge and by demonstration, the boy helps the villagers overcome their fears. This story is part of an oral tradition from the Middle East and Central Asia that is more than a thousand years old. In an entertaining way, it introduces children to an interesting aspect of human behavior and so enables them to recognize it in their daily lives. One of many tales from the body of Sufi literature collected by Idries Shah, this one is presented here as part of his series of books for young readers. This is the series' second book to be illustrated by Rose Mary Santiago, following the award-winning bestseller The Farmer's Wife.
(İngilizce-Türkçe İki Dilli Baskı) Yasadıgı yere komsu olan bir baska köyü ziyaret eden bir oglan, köylülerin daha önce hiç görmedikleri bir seyi korkunç ve tehlikeli bir hayvan sanıp dehsete kapılmalarına çok sasırır. Kendi bilgilerini anlatıp göstererek, köylülere korkularını yenmelerinde yardımcı olur. Bu hikâye, Orta Asya'nın bin yıldan uzun süredir aktarılan sözlü hikâye geleneginin bir parçası. Çocuklara insan davranısının tuhaf bir yönünü eglenceli bir dille anlatıyor ve böylece günlük hayatlarında bunun farkına varmalarını saglıyor. Tasavvuf edebiyatından birçok masalı bir araya getiren Afgan yazar ve egitimci Idris Sah'ın bu hikâyesini, genç okuyucular için hazırladıgı kitap serisinin bir parçası olarak okuyucuyla bulusturuyoruz.
Show more(Bilingual English-Turkish edition) When a boy visits another village, he is amazed to find the people terrified of something that - just because they have not seen it before - they mistake for a terrible, dangerous animal. Using his own knowledge and by demonstration, the boy helps the villagers overcome their fears. This story is part of an oral tradition from the Middle East and Central Asia that is more than a thousand years old. In an entertaining way, it introduces children to an interesting aspect of human behavior and so enables them to recognize it in their daily lives. One of many tales from the body of Sufi literature collected by Idries Shah, this one is presented here as part of his series of books for young readers. This is the series' second book to be illustrated by Rose Mary Santiago, following the award-winning bestseller The Farmer's Wife.
(İngilizce-Türkçe İki Dilli Baskı) Yasadıgı yere komsu olan bir baska köyü ziyaret eden bir oglan, köylülerin daha önce hiç görmedikleri bir seyi korkunç ve tehlikeli bir hayvan sanıp dehsete kapılmalarına çok sasırır. Kendi bilgilerini anlatıp göstererek, köylülere korkularını yenmelerinde yardımcı olur. Bu hikâye, Orta Asya'nın bin yıldan uzun süredir aktarılan sözlü hikâye geleneginin bir parçası. Çocuklara insan davranısının tuhaf bir yönünü eglenceli bir dille anlatıyor ve böylece günlük hayatlarında bunun farkına varmalarını saglıyor. Tasavvuf edebiyatından birçok masalı bir araya getiren Afgan yazar ve egitimci Idris Sah'ın bu hikâyesini, genç okuyucular için hazırladıgı kitap serisinin bir parçası olarak okuyucuyla bulusturuyoruz.
Show moreIdries Shah spent much of his life collecting and publishing Sufi classical narratives and teaching stories from oral and written sources in the Middle East and Central Asia. The tales he retold especially for children are published by Hoopoe Books in beautifully illustrated editions and have been widely commended - by Western educators and psychologists, the U.S. Library of Congress, National Public Radio and other media - for their unique ability to foster social-emotional development, thinking skills and perception in children and adults alike. Told for centuries, these stories express universal themes from the cultures that produced them, showing how much we have in common and can learn from each other. As noted by reviewers, such stories are more than just entertaining; familiarity with them provokes flexibility of thought, since each one contains levels of meaning that unfold in accordance with an individual's experience and understanding.
"This entertaining folktale is part of an oral tradition from the
Middle East and Central Asia. ... A great choice for anyone looking
for a fun folktale with a positive message." - School Library
Journal (U.S.)
"Beautiful, bold, full-color illustrations and a strong, clear
moral lesson dominate the story about a boy who teaches a village
not to fear something simply because they haven't seen it before.
... The story allows children to laugh at how incredibly silly we
all can be and think through whether it is wise to act out of fear
or whether using your head and a little bit of courage is the right
course." - Wisconsin (U.S.) Muslim Journal
"These teaching stories can be experienced on many levels. A child
may simply enjoy hearing them; an adult may analyze them in a more
sophisticated way. Both may eventually benefit from the lessons
within." - "All Things Considered," National Public Radio
(U.S.)
"They [teaching stories] suggest ways of looking at difficulties
that can help children solve problems calmly while, at the same
time, giving them fresh perspectives on these difficulties that
help them develop their cognitive abilities" - psychologist Robert
Ornstein, Ph.D., in his lecture "Teaching Stories and the Brain"
given at the U.S. Library of Congress
"Through repeated readings, these stories provoke fresh insight and
more flexible thought in children. Beautifully illustrated." - NEA
Today: The Magazine of the National Education Association
(U.S.)
"Shah's versatile and multilayered tales provoke fresh insight and
more flexible thought in children." - Bookbird: A Journal of
International Children's Literature
"These stories ... are not moralistic fables or parables, which aim
to indoctrinate, nor are they written only to amuse. Rather, they
are carefully designed to show effective ways of defining and
responding to common life experiences." - Denise Nessel, Ph.D.,
Senior Consultant with the National Urban Alliance for Effective
Education (U.S.), writing in Library Media Connection: The
Professional Magazine for School Library Media Specialists
(U.S.)
"These enchanting stories Shah has collected have a richness and
depth not often encountered in children's literature, and their
effect on minds young and old can be almost magical." -
Multicultural Perspectives: An Official Journal of the National
Association for Multicultural Education (U.S.)
"In this tradition, the line between stories for children and those
for adults is not as clear as it seems to be in Western cultures,
and the lessons are important for all generations." - School
Library Journal (U.S.)
"Our experiences show that, while reading Idries Shah's stories can
help children with reading and writing, the stories can also help
them transcend fixed patterns of emotion and behaviour which may be
getting in the way of learning and emotional well-being too. ...
We've found that this strategy can be particularly powerful,
especially when change may be resistant to appeals to reason alone.
By flying under the radar of emotion and analytical thinking, the
patterns contained within a story can shift children's perspective,
to let them 'own' the meaning for themselves." - Ezra Hewing, Head
of Education at the mental-health charity Suffolk Mind in Suffolk,
U.K.; and Kashfi Khan, who teaches English as an additional
language at Hounslow Town Primary School in London
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