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edition:Hardcover
also available: Paperback
category: Children's Fiction
published: Jan 2000
ISBN:9781896580401
publisher: Tradewind Books

The Girl Who Lost Her Smile

by Karim Alrawi, illustrated by Stefan Czernecki

tagged: middle east
Description

In the wonderous 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, The Girl Who Lost Her Smile is a simple folktale about uncovering life's hidden beauty.

About the Authors

Karim Alrawi was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt. He has over 30 professionally produced plays to his credit and has won many national and international awards for his writing, including the prestigious John Whiting Award. He was writer-in-residence at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in the UK and at the Meadow Brook Theatre in the USA. He has also supervised international aid and development programs in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. In 2021, Karim won the Wallace Stegner Award (Canada), awarded by the Saskatchewan Arts Council. Karim now lives in Vancouver, BC.


Stefan Czernecki has illustrated many picture books and has won the American Folklore Society’s Aesop Award. He lives in Vancouver, BC.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
3 to 5
Grade:
p to k
Reading age:
3 to 5
Awards
  • Winner, Parents Magazine Gold Award
Editorial Review

“Stefan Czernecki’s pictures sparkle. His simple, precise strokes set the tone of a fairy tale, and his colorful hoopoe is an inviting and memorable guide. Just as important, his colors perfectly capture changing moods. In their elegant simplicity, the pictures carry the story.”

— New York Times
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