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Farmer, Nancy

Clever Ali

40 pp. | Scholastic/Orchard | October, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-439-37014-0 $17.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Gail de Marcken. When Ali's pigeon steals a cherry from the throne room, the evil Sultan threatens death to Ali's father unless Ali can accomplish the impossible: produce six hundred Syrian cherries in three days. Being clever, he does, and Ali ends up as crown prince. This original story (based on a historical incident) is rich with musical language and with the patterns of Egypt's Arabic art.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2006

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