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by Hossein Faridi (Illustrator), Jenny Take (Contribution by), Shohreh Emami (Author)
This is the second edition of Learn to Read Persian: The Tale of Little Mr. Mouse and His Tail; Iranian Folktales for Children.
Our bilingual Persian-English version of the Persian Folktale "The Tale of the Little Mr. Mouse and His Tail" is specially designed to be an effective way to teach Persian. This Persian folktale from Iran is an excellent book for teaching students of all ages to learn to read Persian. You may also use this textbook book to teach yourself Farsi. Young children will enjoy having this Persian folktale for children read to them. This learn to read Persian folktale "The Tale of the Little Mr. Mouse and His Tail" textbook includes Farsi, Finglish, English and matching vocabulary lists. We have linked all the Persian, Finglish, English text and the vocabulary lists together so "The Tale of the Little Mr. Mouse Persian and His Tail" may be read without the use of a dictionary. An alphabet chart which shows all the forms of the Persian letters according to their place in the word is included in the back of the book. This means that our folktale "The Tale of the Little Mr. Mouse and His Tail" is suitable for students of all levels - including beginners. It is suitable for both for individual and classroom learning. The Persian folktale "The Tale of the Little Mr. Mouse and His Tail" is of a highly repetitive nature. This really helps the student to retain the vocabulary that they have learned." If your child follows along while you are reading this folktale to them they will naturally learn to read many Farsi words. It is also useful for teaching English. When a Farsi speaking grandmother reads "The Tale of the Little Mr. Mouse and his Tail" to her grandchild she will definitely learn to read quite a few English words. This illustrated Persian folktale features the popular Persian character -Little Mr. Mouse. Our Little Mr. Mouse cuts his tail when going in a hole so he goes to the Cobbler. The Cobbler sends him to find some thread. This starts a long series of errand which he needs to complete before the Cobbler sews his tail back on. Fortunately, he is able to complete the errands in time to attend the Nowruz party. "The Tale of the Little Mr. Mouse and His Tail" this bilingual Persian-English folktale is also beautifully written in a poetic style. You will be able to help to preserve traditional Persian culture by sharing this Persian folktale with your children, grandchildren, and students.
