The Girl Who Lost Her Smile

By Karim Alrawi

Book Overview

Illustrated by Stefan Czernecki. In the wondrous city of Baghdad lives a young girl called Jehan. One morning, Jehan wakes and sees that her smile is lost. She looks everywhere. Jugglers and fire-eaters come to help her find it. Artists paint murals on the walls of her room. They all try their hardest to entertain Jehan, but still, she cannot find her smile. Derived from a collection of Islamic stories and poetry, this is a simple folktale about uncovering life's hidden beauty. Illustrated in full-colour throughout. Ages 4-7 years.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1896580408
• ISBN13: 9781896580401
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Tradewind Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Cultural Book

This is a folktale of a young girl Jehan, who lives in Baghdad. One morning she wakes to find out she has lost her smile. She searches for it all over the world, only to find it was hidden in her own home all along she just had to uncover it. She finds the more she smiles the easier it is and the entire community shares her smile. The moral is to find the hidden beauty in life that is often right in front of us. This is a great book that incorporates the culture of Baghdad, culture all over the world, and has a great moral to it. This is delightful book and I highly recommend it.