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Riding a donkey backwards : wise and foolish tales of Mulla Nasruddin

Taylor, Sean, 1965-2020
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Would you like to know how a thief can turn into a donkey, how a cow can climb up a pole or why you should spoon yogurt into a lake? Mulla Nasruddin knows the answers and he might also tell you why he rides his donkey backwards! Here are 21 riotous tales about Mulla Nasruddin, celebrated throughout Muslim cultures for his riddles and wisdom. He is one of the great comic characters in world literature and his stories are guaranteed to make you laugh - and think!
Main title:
Riding a donkey backwards : wise and foolish tales of Mulla Nasruddin / retold by Sean Taylor and Khayaal Theatre ; illustrated by Shirin Adl.
Imprint:
Hereford : Otter-Barry Books, 2020.
Collation:
45 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 27 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781913074944 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92J398.2
Local class:
J39
Language:
English
BRN:
2900653
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