The Secret Room

by Uri Shulevitz

Book Overview

While traveling in the countryside, a king asks a gray-haired man why his beard is black. "Because my head is older than my beard," he replies. The king is so impressed with the man's clever answer... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374465967
• ISBN13: 9780374465964
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 9.4" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

How can your head be gray and your beard black?

This story has an interesting character because his head is gray and his beard is black. This old man teaches kids to be wise and to trust others. I want to one day be like him.

The Old Man

I love this book so much, I would like to one day buy it for my collection because it teaches people how to respect each other. My favorite character is the Old Man.