Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Penguin audiobooks) (Penguin Drop Caps) (Lythway Children's Large Print Books)

by Salman Rushdie

Paul Birkbeck (Illustrator) and Paul Brickbeck (Illustrator)

Haroun's father is the greatest of all storytellers. His magical stories bring laughter to the sad city of Alifbay. But one day something goes wrong and his father runs out of stories to tell. Haroun is determined to return the storyteller's gift to his father. So he flies off on the back of the Hoopie bird to the Sea of Stories - and a fantastic adventure begins.

• ISBN10: 0670886580
• ISBN13: 9780670886586
• Publish Date: 27 August 1999 (first published 27 September 1990)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 19 September 2002
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
• Imprint: Viking Children's Books
• Edition: New edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

[nannah]

I'm not surprised this book is a classic. I fell in love right away.

"There was once, in the country of Alifbay, a sad city, the saddest of cities, a city so ruinously sad that it had forgotten its name." Here, our young MC, Haroun, and his father, Rashid, the great storyteller live. At least, a storyteller until he runs out of stories. Blaming himself, Haroun journeys to the Sea of Stories to get his father's gift back, and finds himself amidst a conflict that seems much greater than his father's lost gift.

The fairy tale-like prose is so lovely and charming. It usually adds a dryness to most books I've read, but in this novel, it's clever storytelling. Charming and cute and lyrical. I'm not sure how to describe this lovely little book, so all I can say is just pick it up and give it a shot.