Middle-Eastern Countries

 

  • Hiçy{184}lmaz, Gaye.
    Against the storm
    Twelve-year-old Mehmet's move from his Turkish village with flowers everywhere to a shanty-town existence in the city of Ankara brings him almost unbearable misery, but his desire to create a life for himself helps him to survive.
    Educ. Res. PR 6058 .A293 A4 19
  • Price, Leontyne.
    Aïda
    Retells the story of Verdi's opera in which the love of the enslaved Ethiopian princess for an Egyptian general brings tragedy to all involved.
    Educ. Res. Bushner ML 3930 .V4
  • McVitty, Walter, 1934-
    Ali Baba and the forty thieves
    The famous story is illustrated in the style of tenth-century Persian miniatures.
    Educ. Res. Bushner PJ 7716 .A3
  • Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-
    Amahl and the night visitors
    The story of a crippled shepherd boy who entertained the Wise Men on their way to Bethlehem, of the simple gift he gave them for the Christ Child, and of the miraculous gift he received in return.
    Educ. Res. ML 50 .M54 A42 1952
  • Chrisp, Peter.
    Ancient Egypt revealed
    Educ. Res. DT 61 .C47 2002
  • Swinburne, Irene.
    Behind the sealed door: the discovery of the tomb and treasures of Tutankhamun
    Describes the discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb and the treasures found inside.
    Educ. Res. DT 87.5 .S9 1977b
  • Freedman, Florence B. (Florence Bernstein)
    Brothers: a Hebrew legend
    Hard times on adjoining farms bring about parallel acts of kindness and a celebration of "how good it is for brothers to live together in friendship."
    Educ. Res. GR 98 .F74 1985
  • Stanley, Diane.
    Cleopatra
    Educ. Res. DT 92.7 .S84 1994
  • Heide, Florence Parry.
    The day of Ahmed's secret
    A young Egyptian boy describes the city of Cairo as he goes about his daily work and waits for the evening to share a special surprise with his family.
    Educ. Res. PS 3558 .E469 D3 19
  • Levitin, Sonia, 1934-
    Escape from Egypt : a novel
    When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse, a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his attraction to the half-Egyptian, half- Syrian Jennat.
    Educ. Res. PS 3562 .E92 E7 199
  • Bryson, Bernarda.
    Gilgamesh; man's first story
    A retelling of the ancient legend of Gilgamesh, part god part man, whose wanderings and adventures in search of his faithful companion Enkidu provide the source for later mythological and religious epics.
    Educ. Res. PJ 3771 .G5 E5 1967
  • Nye, Naomi Shihab.
    Habibi
    When fourteen-year-old Liyanne Abboud, her younger brother, and her parents move from St. Louis to a new home between Jerusalem and the Palestinian village where her father was born, they face many changes and must deal with the tensions between Jews and Palestinians.
    Educ. Res. PS 3564 .Y44 H32 19
  • Ben-{167}Ezer, Ehud, 1936-
    Hosni the dreamer: an Arabian tale
    Hosni, a shepherd living in the desert, finally realizes his dream of traveling to the city where he spends his gold dinar in a way which changes his life forever.
    Educ. Res. PJ 5054 .B4223 H6 1
  • Orlev, Uri, 1931-
    The lady with the hat
    In 1947, seventeen-year-old Yulek, the only member of his immediate family to survive the German concentration camps, joins a group of young Jews preparing to live on a kibbutz in Israel, unaware that his aunt living in London is looking for him.
    Educ. Res. PJ 5054 .O74 L313 1
  • Hutton, Warwick.
    Moses in the bulrushes
    Retells the Old Testament story of how the baby Moses was saved from death by the Pharoah's daughter.
    Educ. Res. BS 580 .M6 H88 1986
  • Spier, Peter.
    Noah's ark
    Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.
    Educ. Res. BS 1238 .N6 S64
  • Landau, Elaine.
    Osama bin Laden: a war against the West
    Presents biographical information about militant Islamic leader Osama bin Laden, including his role in international terrorism and the beliefs that fuel his actions.
    Educ. Res. HV 6430 .B55 L36 20
  • Ellis, Deborah, 1960-
    Parvana's journey
    Educ. Res. PR 9199.3 .E42 P37
  • Goldin, Barbara Diamond.
    The Passover journey: a Seder companion
    Retells the story of the Israelites' fight for liberation from slavery in Egypt and explains the traditions of the Passover Seder.
    Educ. Res. BM 695 .P3 G58 1994
  • Macaulay, David.
    Pyramid
    Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step- by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
    Educ. Res. DT 63 .M25
  • Kherdian, David.
    The road from home: the story of an Armenian girl
    A biography of the author's mother concentrating on her childhood in Turkey before the Turkish government deported its Armenian population.
    Educ. Res. DR 435 .A7 K47
  • Stanley, Diane.
    Saladin : Noble Prince of Islam
    Educ. Res. DS 38.4 .S2 S83 200
  • Carmi, Daniella.
    Samir ve-Yonatan `al kokhav Madim. English
    Samir, a Palestinian boy, is sent for surgery to an Israeli hospital where he has two otherworldly experiences, making friends with an Israeli boy, Yonatan, and traveling with him to Mars where Samir finds peace about his brother's death in the war.
    Educ. Res. PJ 5054 .C348 S313
  • Staples, Suzanne Fisher.
    Shabanu: daughter of the wind
    When eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes.
    Educ. Res. SELECT PS 3569 .T33
  • Fletcher, Susan, 1951-
    Shadow spinner
    When Marjan, a thirteen-year-old crippled girl, joins the Sultan's harem in ancient Persia, she gathers for Shahrazad the stories which will save the queen's life.
    Educ. Res. PS 3556 .L525 S5 19
  • Dalokay, Vedat, d. 1991.
    Sister Shako and Kolo the goat : memories of my childhood in Turkey
    Educ. Res. DR 592 .D35 A3 1994
  • Speare, Elizabeth George.
    The Bronze bow
    When the Romans brutally kill Daniel bar Jamin's father, the young Palestinian searches for a leader to drive them out, but comes to realize that love may be a more powerful weapon than hate.
    Educ. Res. PS 3537 .P412 B7 c.
  • Young, Ed.
    What about me?
    A young boy determinedly follows the instructions of the Grand Master in the hope of gaining knowledge, only to be surprised as how he acquires it. Based on a Sufi tale.
    Educ. Res. PS 3575 .O781 W5 20
  • Faulkner, John Frink, 1922-
    Judge not
    A folktale from the Middle East, about an old man whom a clever rich woman helps to regain his savings when he returns from a pilgrimage.
    Educ. Res. GR 270 .F38 1968
  • Kerven, Rosalind.
    Aladdin: and other tales from the Arabian Nights
    Retells some of the magical adventures with Arabic, Persian, and Indian origins, framed by the tale of Shaharazad who tells the king a story for 1001 nights. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
    Educ. Res. PJ 7716 1998
  • Tenggren, Gustaf, 1896-
    Tenggren's golden tales from the Arabian nights
    Scheherazade or The story of these stories -- Aladdin and the wonderful lamp -- Ali Baba and the forty thieves -- The Caliph and the cucumbers -- The magic horse -- The fisherman and the afreet -- The sleeper awakened -- Sinbad the sailor -- The man who never laughed -- The Serpent Queen -- The poor man's dream.
    Educ. Res. SELECT PJ 7715 .T45
  • Stewart, Desmond, 1924-
    The Arab world
    Educ. Res. DS 44 .S7