For children visiting the museum, these animals are entry points to a world that is otherwise abstract and remote. The animals come from a world where they played vital roles in transmitting values as well as providing rich entertainment. The foibles of humans were embodied in the actions of the animals, ridiculing and celebrating our common characteristics. Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing and Frances Gillespie, educator, natural historian and long-term resident of Doha, will collaborate on a sumptuous book of animal fables, based on the animals in the Museum and adapted from sources across the Islamic world including the classic collection known as Kalila and Dimna. Each fable will consist of four highly illustrated and decorated pages, based on an animal from an object. With a total of 64 large size pages, the book will include 14 beautifully illustrated tales.
- ISBN10 9992194561
- ISBN13 9789992194560
- Publish Date 24 October 2013
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 11 February 2014
- Publish Country QA
- Publisher Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press
- Imprint Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 64
- Language Arabic