Nancy Farmer
8) Clever Ali
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Language
English
Description
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.
9) [Clever Ali
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Language
Arabic
Description
Seven-year-old Ali's father, keeper of the pigeons for the wicked Sultan, faces the threat of being thrown into the deep, dark oubliette after the bird Ali trained steals the Sultan's cherries, but the clever child finds a way to save them all.
13) The Warm Place
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English
Description
When Ruva, a young giraffe, is captured and sent to a zoo in San Francisco, she calls upon two rats, a street-smart chameleon, a runaway boy, and all the magical powers of the animal world to return to the warm place that is home.