CHILDREN'S BOOKS BY SHAH

THE SILLY CHICKEN

Idries Shah
Illustrated by Jeff Jackson
Hoopoe Books, 2000

A delightful and humorous tale about a chicken who learns to speak as we do. What follows will intrigue young children and, at the same time, alert them in a very amusing way to the dangers of being too gullible. Ages: 3-8

This is illustrator / animator Jeff Jackson's first children's book. It expresses his unique ability to create a lively and amusing world, rich in color and in which anything can happen.

'Set in the Middle East, Shah's retelling of a Sufi story sends a gentle message to readers: just because someone says it's so, does not make it so...With its simple language and repeating phrases, the story begs to be told...'
—School Library Journal

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