The Legend of the Persian Carpet
Title | The Legend of the Persian Carpet PDF eBook |
Author | Tomie DePaola |
Publisher | Putnam Juvenile |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Carpets |
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Tomie dePaola matches his storytelling talent with the richly patterned artwork of Claire Ewart to provide a tale that brings magnificent detail and feeling to this Middle Eastern fable of loss overcome by art. Full color.
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Title | The Phoenix and the Carpet PDF eBook |
Author | Edith Nesbit |
Publisher | Wordsworth Editions |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781853261558 |
Five British children discover in their new carpet an egg, which hatches into a phoenix that takes them on a series of fantastic adventures around the world.
The Story of the World
Title | The Story of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Wise Bauer |
Publisher | Peace Hill Press |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 2004-05-31 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780971412958 |
Presents a history of the ancient world, from 6000 B.C. to 400 A.D.
Story Of The World Ancient Times Activity Book 1 3e
Title | Story Of The World Ancient Times Activity Book 1 3e PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Wise Bauer |
Publisher | Peace Hill Press |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2006-11 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1933339055 |
Presents a history of the ancient world, from 6000 B.C. to 400 A.D.
In a Small Kingdom
Title | In a Small Kingdom PDF eBook |
Author | Tomie dePaola |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 46 |
Release | 2018-04-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1481498010 |
This enthralling modern fairy tale from Caldecott and Newbery Honor winner Tomie dePaola and debut illustrator Doug Salati celebrates the greatest power of all: love. In a small kingdom along an ancient road, a bell rings out. The beloved king has died, leaving his magnificent and powerful Imperial Robe to his heir, the young prince. But when the prince’s jealous older half-brother steals the Imperial Robe, slashing it to bits, the prince can no longer rule—and the small kingdom is in great danger. Now the young prince must find another source of power and of strength—and he finds it in a surprising place.
The Ardabil Carpets
Title | The Ardabil Carpets PDF eBook |
Author | Rexford Stead |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 51 |
Release | 1974-01-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0892360151 |
The richness of Near Eastern art is epitomized by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Persian carpets. Among the finest ever produced, the two Ardabil carpets are believed to have been made as offerings for the Shrine of Sheikh Safi at Ardabil during the Safavid dynasty in sixteenth-century Persia. In this text Rexford Stead, deputy director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, explores the intricacies of the Ardabil carpets—one formerly in the Getty Museum and now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the other in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. A bibliography and exhibition history are included.
THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET
Title | THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET PDF eBook |
Author | E. NESBIT |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 179 |
Release | 2019-03-28 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0359553443 |
The sequel to Five Children and It follows the wondrous adventures of Robert, Jane, Cyril, Anthea, and The Lamb as they discover a clever phoenix and a magic carpet. The children find an egg in the carpet, which hatches into a talking Phoenix. The Phoenix explains that the carpet is a magic one that will grant them three wishes a day. The children are on a fantastic ride with the hopelessly vain but good-hearted phoenix and his flying carpet. They travel to a French castle, to a tropical island, foil a burglar, arrange a marriage, change people's disposition, and have to figure out how to get 199 Persian cats, 398 muskrats, a cow, and a policeman out of their house. Their charming adventures not only entertain but teach them, and the reader, a few gentle lessons." The Phoenix and the Carpet"" is a wonderful book for the young and the young at heart. The adventures are continued and concluded in the third book of the trilogy, "The Story of the Amulet"