Clever Ali

Titre
Clever Ali

Nancy. Farmer

Sommaire
When seven-year-old Ali's greedy pet steals cherries from the wicked Sultan for whom his father keeps carrier pigeons, Ali is given three days to find 600 new cherries or his father will be thrown into the deep, dark oubliette. Includes facts about carrier pigeons and the sultan on whom this story is based, as well as an excerpt from "In Praise of Books" by al-Jahiz.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2006

Terme de vedette-matière
Homing pigeons -- Fiction.
 
Pigeons -- Fiction.
 
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
 
Kings, queens, rulers, etc. -- Fiction.

Terme géographique
Egypt -- History -- 640-1250 -- Fiction.

Vedette secondaire auteur
De Marcken, Gail,

Résumé
When seven-year-old Ali's greedy pet steals cherries from the wicked Sultan for whom his father keeps carrier pigeons, Ali is given three days to find 600 new cherries or his father will be thrown into the deep, dark oubliette. Includes facts about carrier pigeons and the sultan on whom this story is based, as well as an excerpt from "In Praise of Books" by al-Jahiz.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780439370141

Informations de publication
New York : Orchard Books, 2006.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
WestbrookE FARBook30197000060549Picture Books