An e-collection of exciting folk tales - rewritten by a master story-teller - illustrated by a renowned artist
Arabic Tales for the young and the curious
Enthralling legends, retold by a master story-teller!
Illustrated in full-colour by a famous artist!
Stories to enchant you, your family and friends!
Ideal GIFT for all children between the ages of eight and eighty!
About the Writer
Paul Kennedy is a well-known writer and short-story prize winner who has spent nearly two decades living and working in Kuwait, where he was the founding editor of Kuwait this month and the author of the Kuwait Pocket Guide and Doing Business with Kuwait. He may be contacted on Paul@arabic-tales.com
About the Artist
Abbas is a highly-regarded illustrator and graphic designer who has been practising his art in Kuwait for the last four decades. A highly successful artist with a deep understanding of Arabic culture, he may be contacted on: abbas@arabic-tales.com
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Dear story-lover:
I know you are a story-lover, otherwise you would have clicked away by now. Anyway, who doesn't love a good story?
The Arabs are famous story-tellers, have been for millennia. But I never realized how brilliant their stories were until I went to live in Kuwait about twenty years ago.
As we sat up late at night in diwaniyahs - private rooms where Kuwaitis entertain their friends and anything goes! - I heard hundreds of fascinating stories.
In the morning, I would write them down as best I could remember them. Later, when I was the editor of Kuwait this month, I shaped them up and published them in that magazine, one a month.
They were a huge success and one of the reasons Kuwait this month became so popular. Children loved them and adults found them absolutely fascinating.
So I decided to share the stories with the wider world. Hence this e-book - which can be sent anywhere around the globe in the blink of an eye.
But first I had to find some illustrations, illustrations that would do justice to the ancient world of Arabia and the twisting plots in these tales.
My good friend Abbas, the best illustrator in Kuwait, decided to paint a series of water-colours to complement the stories. As you'll see - they are superb!
But what are the stories about? Well, in Arabic Tales for the young and the curious you can read about:
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A farmer who understands the language of animals
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A man whose curiosity causes him to loose everything, including his beloved
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The strange ways in which dreams may come true
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How envy and greed cause the betrayal of friendship
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A trickster who relies on disbelief
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A famous cobbler's caravan that may or may not have existed
Kinda weirdly curious, intriguing, wouldn't you agree? You will when you delve into these strange story-worlds of fabulous characters caught up in some very exciting situations indeed.
As always with the best folk stories, the themes are universal. These wondrous stories could be set anywhere, in any culture, and they would still be fascinating. Not least about what they say about human nature.
You can view these tales on screen and read them to yourself. Or you can print them out and give them to your children to read on their own - knowing that they contain nothing offensive.
Why not print out and bind a copy for a friend? The reason we are sending these stories as electronic copies is to get them out to the rest of the world. You can copy them and pass them on if you wish - just as long as you don't alter anything!
The best thing, of course, is that you can read them out to your kids and watch their faces as you capture their attention as never before ..... as they follow the simple but twisty adventures of a host of interesting adventurers ..... such as Ma'aruf the Cobbler, Ibrahim the Curious, and Abu Kir the Betrayer.
Enter a new story world of magic and strange happenings
Remember the camel trains and dhows of yore? The peoples of ancient Arabia were great traders, travelling from the Mediterranean to the Far East to bring back spices and other luxuries.
These intrepid merchants also came back with treasure-troves of stories which they refashioned and retold as their own. Indeed some Arabic folk-tales are set in India and China. Just think of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, for instance.
In these tales, magic is fact. It exists! It is part of the story-world. For the original listeners in the Bedouin camps this would have been normal as the jinn and other spirits were a part of everyday life.
Timeless stories based on the folk-tales of ancient Arabia, as once told around the Bedouin cooking pots and to sleepless children in their tents. These stories and lots more like them are, believe it or not, still being told throughout the Arabian Gulf Peninsula - continuing to thrill even the most sophisticated modern listeners.
Enter the story world of Arabic Tales.
Readers from around the world praise the magic of
Arabic Tales for the young and the curious
"All the stories are great. I remember when some of these stories first appeared years ago in Kuwait this month and I always felt they should be published in book form as a collection. Paul Kennedy has a very engaging way of writing and the illustrations, which I never saw before, are superb. I'm looking forward to getting Arabic Tales Book II as soon as it is published." - Zehra Karachiwala, Kuwait
"Each story is a perfect gem." - Jennifer Higgins, Ireland
"Written in beautiful rhythmic English by a master story-teller, and illustrated by one of the finest painters in Arabia, this compendium of thrilling folk-tales will enchant children and adults alike." - Patrick Dower, Brazil
"This is a marvellous collection of short stories. My favourite is the Ox and the Donkey, a really amusing little tale about a donkey trying to teach an ox how to skive off work and how it all back-fired on the donkey. A great gift that can be read time and time again by all ages." - Jason Meredith, UK
"Arabic Tales for the young and the curious is aptly titled. I was intrigued when I first saw it. And I wasn't disappointed. These are the sort of stories that satisfy our curiosity while carrying us along with real thrill-a-minute plots. Though written at the reading level of a smart 10-year old, there is plenty in this book for adults also. The tales are really amazing and I love the pictures. A great book for the holidays or some-one's birthday no matter what age they are." - Judy MacDonald, USA
How to order this GREAT e-book
Because it's an e-book, you can download Arabic Tales for the young and curious the instant you place your order.
No need to wait for the mailman to deliver it. And there are no shipping or handling charges.
This means that you and your family can literally be enjoying this great e-book within the next few minutes. All for the very nominal price of US$6.99.
That's what I said. Normally an e-book like this will sell for $9.99. But if you order within the next few days, you'll get $3 off the normal list price.
That's right! Less than $7 for hours of lost-in-another-world enchantment! Just click on the button below.
Enjoy Arabic Tales RISK-FREE for 90 DAYS
And I mean this - if you are not totally satisfied with Arabic Tales for the young and the curious - if for any reason you dislike the stories or the illustrations - just let me know within 90 days.
I will refund your $6.99 payment in full. No questions asked. And you can keep the e-book. I won't ask for it back. Now what could be fairer to you?
So what are you waiting for? In just a few minutes you could be enthralling your family and friends with some of the most exciting stories ever written and wowing them with the finest illustrations ever drawn.
Quick-Response Bonus!
But I can't just leave it at that. I have to give you something extra. Why? Because I believe that Arabic Tales for the young and the curious is one of the best, most entertaining, e-books around.
So if you order today, I will send you 3 x FREE poster-quality illustrations from the book for you to print as posters, as post-cards, or just share with your friends.
These normally cost $2 or more each. But for you they are free - ABSOLUTELY.
So, when you factor in $6 for the illustrations, plus the $3 discount, you'll be getting the entire e-book for just 99 cents!
To order Arabic Tales for the young and the curious at this discount AND get your three free poster-quality illustrations .... just click below now:
Yours sincerely,
Paul Kennedy
PS - Myself and Abbas would love to hear from you. You can let us know what you think of Arabic Tales by email to paul@arabic-tales.com or abbas@arabic-tales.com.
PPS - Look out for Book II of Arabic Tales for the young and the curious. It may be out soon. We'll let you know if you've bought Book I or signed up for your FREE quality illustration.
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How to read an e-book
Arabic Tales for the young and the curious is an e-book, a book that can be read on-line, on your computer, on your laptop and on your PDA or smart-phone.
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Arabic Tales is available in the most popular format - Adobe PDF. It an be read in Adobe Acrobat Reader or using Adobe Digital Editions.
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[3] you save time, which is money, with almost instant delivery - just a few minutes to download compared to two or three days for delivery of a printed book by snail-mail.