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.Idries Shah pasó gran parte de su vida recolectando narrativas clásicas sufíes e historias de enseñanza de fuentes orales y escritas en el Medio Oriente y Asia Central y publicándolas en libros. Los 11 cuentos de este tipo que adaptó especialmente para niños han sido publicados por Hoopoe Books en ediciones bellamente ilustradas, y elogiadas por educadores y psicólogos occidentales, así como por la Biblioteca del Congreso de EE. UU., National Public Radio y otros medios, por su capacidad única de fomentar el desarrollo socioemocional, y la capacidad de pensamiento y percepción, tanto en niños como en adultos. Contadas durante siglos, estas historias expresan temas universales y ofrecen una representación positiva de culturas importantes, pero a menudo incomprendidas, mostrando cuánto tenemos en común y qué podemos aprender unos de otros. Estos cuentos reconocen la individualidad y singularidad de un niño y fomentan un sentido de confianza, responsabilidad y propósito.
"Mallam's rich full-color illustrations in a folk style evoke an
unfamiliar culture, while the clever fox reminds readers of
characters in familiar fables. ... more lessons can be learned here
than merely why it is so difficult to catch a fox." - School
Library Journal (U.S.)
"As a teaching story, the tale entertains, reinforces literacy and
thinking skills, and sets the stage for deeper reflection on what
led to the fox's imprisonment and what he had to do to escape.
Sally Mallam's lively illustrations are suggestive of the layers of
meaning contained in the story: her renderings of the man and the
fox are sure to delight young readers, and if they look closely
they'll find a second 'story' in the margins!" - Denise Nessel,
Ph.D., Consultant and Director of Publications National Urban
Alliance for Effective Education (U.S.)
"These teaching stories can be experienced on many levels. A child
may simply enjoy hearing them; an adult may analyze them in a more
sophisticated way. Both may eventually benefit from the lessons
within." - "All Things Considered," National Public Radio
(U.S.)
"They [teaching stories] suggest ways of looking at difficulties
that can help children solve problems calmly while, at the same
time, giving them fresh perspectives on these difficulties that
help them develop their cognitive abilities" - psychologist Robert
Ornstein, Ph.D., in his lecture "Teaching Stories and the Brain"
given at the U.S. Library of Congress
"Through repeated readings, these stories provoke fresh insight and
more flexible thought in children. Beautifully illustrated." - NEA
Today: The Magazine of the National Education Association
(U.S.)
"Shah's versatile and multilayered tales provoke fresh insight and
more flexible thought in children." - Bookbird: A Journal of
International Children's Literature
"These stories ... are not moralistic fables or parables, which aim
to indoctrinate, nor are they written only to amuse. Rather, they
are carefully designed to show effective ways of defining and
responding to common life experiences." - Denise Nessel, Ph.D.,
Senior Consultant with the National Urban Alliance for Effective
Education (U.S.), writing in Library Media Connection: The
Professional Magazine for School Library Media Specialists
(U.S.)
"These enchanting stories Shah has collected have a richness and
depth not often encountered in children's literature, and their
effect on minds young and old can be almost magical." -
Multicultural Perspectives: An Official Journal of the National
Association for Multicultural Education (U.S.)
"Shah has collected hundreds of Sufi tales, many of which are
teaching tales or instructional stories. In this tradition, the
line between stories for children and those for adults is not as
clear as it seems to be in Western cultures, and the lessons are
important for all generations." - School Library Journal (U.S.)
"... these are vibrant, engaging, universal stories...." -
Multicultural Perspectives: An Official Journal of the National
Association for Multicultural Education (U.S.)
"... they not only entertain, but can be understood on many
different levels and provide a form of 'nourishment for the brain'
that can help develop thinking abilities and perceptions." -
Multicultural Perspectives: An Official Journal of the National
Association for Multicultural Education (U.S.)
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