One Night: A Story from the Desert
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (871 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0606130071 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 534 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
One evening he sees a goat laboring to deliver her first kid, and he knows he must stay with her, alone in the darkening desert, "for I must deliver safely all goats to my father." While he waits with his charge, he reminds himself of the wisdom of his elders, and he quietly realizes that his demonstration of duty is proof of his manhood. In a striking first-person voice, debut picture-book author Kessler's text mingles the proud self-assurance of the Tuareg with their reverence for Allah and nature. . Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Muhamad, a young Tuareg, leads a herd to graze each morning before dawn, marking his position by noting the acacia trees and termite hills. Schoenherr's (America Alive: A History) page-spread watercolors, with their deep-toned backgrounds and often spare images, evoke the cultural nuances of the "blue people"-and the space and pace of life in a landscape that stretches beyond national boundaries. From Publishers Weekly Clad
Muhamad, a young Tuareg boy, sets out to prove himself by caring for his father's goats alone overnight in the desert and finds his night enlived by a pregnant goat about to give birth, in a poetic look at the lives of the Tuareg people of the Sudan.
Gina Boulanger said Beautiful story. This is a lovely, poetic story about a boy coming of age. The pictures are beautiful and match perfectly with the prose. It also offers many teachable moments about nomad cultures, dress, religion, and traditions.