Iran has mountains striped with snow, dense forests where bears and lynxes still roam, deserts, bazaars...but above all it has stories - of fairies and demons, of a monstrous metal eagle called the okab, of romantic cockroaches and foolish weavers. During her travels, Elizabeth Laird has gathered a wealth of stories, and here she retells, in her own inimitable style, some of Iran's best, with delightfully offbeat illustrations from Shirin Adl.
Praise for A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq:
'Its baddies are wolves and thieves; its stories are fabulous.'
The Daily Telegraph
- ISBN13 9781847802637
- Publish Date 3 November 2011 (first published 10 September 2009)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 April 2017
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
- Imprint Frances Lincoln Children's Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 64
- Language English