La Femme du fermier

(Edition bilingue français-dari) Cette histoire raconte comment une femme perd une pomme dans un trou puis tente de la récupérer de multiples manières. Les enfants adorent réciter de mémoire la séquence d'action de ce conte cumulatif, mais lorsque l'intrigue prend une tournure soudaine et contraire à toute attente, ils apprennent également des leçons importantes sur la nature de la résolution de problèmes et de la découverte. Les illustrations d'une beauté saisissante de Rose Mary Santiago évoquent les origines de l'histoire - qui vient de la tradition soufie et est racontée depuis des siècles au Moyen-Orient et en Asie centrale - tout en conférant une atmosphère particulièrement ludique à ce conte très amusant.

Idries Shah spent much of his life collecting and publishing Sufi classical narratives and teaching stories from oral and written sources in the Middle East and Central Asia. The tales he retold especially for children are published by Hoopoe Books in beautifully illustrated editions and have been widely commended - by Western educators and psychologists, the U.S. Library of Congress, National Public Radio and other media - for their unique ability to foster social-emotional development, thinking skills and perception in children and adults alike. Told for centuries, these stories express universal themes from the cultures that produced them, showing how much we have in common and can learn from each other. As noted by reviewers, such stories are more than just entertaining; familiarity with them provokes flexibility of thought, since each one contains levels of meaning that unfold in accordance with an individual's experience and understanding.