How Many Donkeys?
An Arabic Counting Tale
Author:
Illustrator:
Margaret Read MacDonald and Nadiah Jameel Taibah
Carol Liddiment
Jouha counts ten donkeys, but riding along he realizes that now he has only nine! Listeners get to help count...in Arabic...each time Jouha mounts and dismounts to... "Count again, Jouha!" Retelling of a Saudi folktale from co-author Nadiah Taibah’s aunt Salha.
Arabic numerals run across bottom of page, along with English pronunciation and Arabic script for numbers.
Don’t worry about pronunciation of the Arabic numbers. Your guesstimate will automatically be close.
Categories
Children's Books: Picture Books
Story origins: Saudi Arabia
Arabic Cultures
Languages: Arabic
Editions
Hardcover
2009
Albert Whitman
32 pages
978-0807534243
Paperback
2012
32 pages
978-0-8-75-33425-0
Quotes
I can't wait to share this book with my class! For the first time, my Arabic-speaking students will be the experts as they help us to count to 10 in Arabic, moving across the page from right to left.
A Year of Reading, Sept. 17, 2009
A winning, witty, and surprisingly effective combination.
Booklist, Sept 15, 2009
While Jouha keeps miscounting his donkeys, readers who carefully observe the vibrant paintings will notice that he counts only 9 donkeys because he neglects to count the donkey he is sitting on. Children can count along in Arabic with the guide, written from right to left, at the bottom of each page.
Book Links October 2010
Engaging and filled with gentle humor--a solid choice for home or school use.
Kirkus Reviews
Awards
Sharjah World Book Fair Award
2010
Children's Core Collection, 2014, 21st ed.