Librarians

“Through repeated readings,
 these stories provoke fresh insight and more flexible thought in children”
—NEA TODAY:
The Magazine of the National Education Association

Hoopoe Teaching-Stories are unique treasures from a part of the world under-represented in children’s multicultural literature. (Click here.)

For more than a thousand years, all over Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Middle East, children have been entertained and taught by these stories and have continued to tell them in adult life. They are called Teaching-Stories because they were designed, not just to entertain, but to foster thinking skills and mental flexibility. They encourage qualities in children such as self-reliance, courage, peaceful negotiation rather than violent confrontation, and much, much more. (See Library Media Connection click here.)

Prior to the Soviet invasion and subsequent chaos in that country, Afghanistan was an important cultural crossroads. It was a place where many ethnicities – Indian, Chinese, Persian, Turkish, Afghan and Mongolian – lived alongside each other in harmony; where a rich, diverse culture developed over many centuries; and where the ancient art of storytelling flourished to pass on wisdom and knowledge to young and old alike. These tales, collected from oral and early written sources by the Afghan savant Idries Shah, now provide a beautiful and positive representation of that art and culture with prize-winning illustrations that provide additional enchantment and context.

These universal tales will help children, parents and educators get a better understanding of this part of the world – what we have in common and what we can learn from each other.

These books have been enthusiastically received by reviewers, educators and librarians across the country.

• Hoopoe books were featured in a lecture given at the Library of Congress. The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal was selected for a recent Christmas program. (For video click here.)
• Our books have been highly recommended within the Chicago Library system; among them, The Farmer's Wife and The Boy Without a Name, was added to a list of recommended new titles by Andrew Medlar, who heads Children's and Youth Services Division of Chicago Public Library system. There are now 6 more titles in their system: Fatima The Spinner and the Tent, The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water, The Magic Horse, The Man with Bad Manners, Neem the Half-Boy, and The Old Woman and the Eagle.
• The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water was selected for the Michigan Department of Education's award-winning literacy program R.E.A.D.Y. (Read, Educate and Develop Youth) program.
• All the books have garnered positive reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, and Book Links.

Save 40% on these BOOK and CDs in hardback or paperback

The Clever Boy and the Terrible, Dangerous Animal CD/Book set	The Farmer's Wife CD/book set
The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water CD/book set	The Silly Chicken CD/book set
Each CD has three tracks: Track 1 is an introduction to the traditional Teaching-Stories of Afghanistan; Track 2 is a reading of the story with page-turn signals for early readers; Track 3 is without signals for more independent readers.

4 English-only hardback books with audio CDs. A $115.80 value, introductory price $69.48	Quantity
4 English-only paperback books with audio CDs. A $75.80 value, introductory price $45.48	Quantity
4 Spanish-English bilingual hardback books with bilingual audio CDs. A $115.80 value, introductory price $69.48	Quantity
4 Spanish-English bilingual paperback books with bilingual audio CDs. A $75.80 value, introductory price $45.48	Quantity

The Man with Bad Manners, The Old Woman and the Eagle, The Boy Without a Name, The Clever Boy and the Terrible Dangerous Animal, The Silly Chicken, The Farmer's Wife, Neem the Half-Boy, The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water, The Magic Horse, Fatima the Spinner and the Tent, The Man and the Fox and World Tales

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From thinking children come thinking adults.