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Summary: On order; 1 Copy Received as of 07/24/2009
Summary: This book proceeds step by step through all the letters of the Arabic alphabet, showing the sounds they stand for and how they are combined into words. Nothing essential is left out, but no unnecessary complications are added. Readers will find that progress is rapid and will be surprised at the relative ease with which they master the first steps in learning this increasingly important world language.
Summary: Brilliantly colored illustrations, each of which represents an aspect of Arab culture or history, accompany the letters of the Arabic alphabet. Each poster comes with a pronunciation guide and explanations of the images shown. Originally published in Egypt in 1985 by Dar Al-Fata Al-Arabi (Arab Children’s Publishing House) and the Arab Workshop for Children’s Books. Kit includes 1 poster (87 x 56 cm) and 1 lesson plan.
Summary: Count your way from one (WA-hid) to ten (AH-shah-rah) in Arabic! With simple text, award-winning authors Jim Haskins and Kathleen Benson introduce readers to the Egyptian culture. Learn about everything from Egypt's one great canal to eight items you might find in a tomb. Full color illustrations from Sue Rama bring ancient and modern Egypt to life.
Summary: The Milet Picture Dictionary is a vibrant and original picture dictionary for young children—an educational and visual treat. It features beautiful, painterly artwork—something completely new in a picture dictionary—so the child's creativity will be stimulated while they learn words. Objects are set in their contexts and clearly identified, and selected objects are featured separately for emphasis and word practice. All key subjects are covered, including: home, school, food, colors, shapes, plants, animals, clothing, sports, music and others. The dictionary comes in English and an extensive, exciting range of bilingual editions.
Summary: This book teaches children and provides exercises in learning the shapes and sounds of each letter of the Arabic alphabet, each presented on one page to color and trace with colorful illustrations of objects whose names begin with that letter. The letter is then presented in stencil to provide practice in recognition and writing. Older students progress to learning the shapes in initial, medial and final positions. Instills independent learning as children learn to group, match, color, analyze and synthesize information through the well-tested and beautifully presented activities.
Summary: Art sings on the pages of this visual celebration of Arabic calligraphy as Rumford’s (Sequoyah) collages of floral and geometric designs and flowing lines deftly echo Arabic language and patterns. “Writing a long sentence is like watching a soccer player in slow motion as he kicks the ball across the field, as I leave a trail of dots and loops behind me,” says narrator Ali, explaining his love of calligraphy. Spreads incorporating stamps, money and postcards reinforce the Baghdad setting and complement representational scenes, such as an intricate collage of Ali huddling under a blanket next to his cat, writing. Arabic words, translated in places, sometimes embed in the pages as part of the illustrations, even patterning Ali’s mother’s dress. Like his hero, the famed calligrapher Yakut, who wrote through the destruction of Baghdad in 1258 (“he shut out the horror and wrote glistening letters of rhythm and grace”), Ali turns to calligraphy during the bombing of Baghdad in 2003. In an eloquent ending, he discovers that while the word “war” flows easily, the pen “stubbornly resists me when I make the difficult waves and slanted staff of salaam—peace.