Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!: A Palestinian Folktale
Author:
Illustrator:
Margaret Read MacDonald
Alik Arzoumanian
Little Pot runs home full of honey and jewels until her Momma realizes she is pilfering these things. When the King catches her she gets her comeuppance.
Categories
Children's Books: Picture Books
Children's Books: Folktales on Social Issues
Story origins: Palestine
Arabic Cultures
Editions
Paperback
2012
Amazon ChildrenÆs Publishing
32
978-076-146-3122
Hardcover
2006
Marshall Cavandish
32
978-0-7614-5225-6
Quotes
...the voice of an experienced storyteller. Her smooth pacing anchors the story, while newcomer Arzoumanian's highly stylized (but always accessible) acrylics energize it. The boldly graphic, vibrantly hued settings pay homage to Arabic visual traditions
Publishers Weekly
The tale has an oral quality that makes it easy to read or tell with repetitive phrases and lively rhythms.
Kirkus
The tale is told briskly, with rhymes and repetitions that make for fun reading aloud. Arzoumanian stirs in a Middle East flavor using acrylic paints to create decorative borders and backgrounds suggesting the costumes, styles, and fabric designs of the region. …The visual narrative, starring the saucy pot, is lively and frequently funny.
Children's Literature [Ken and Sylvia Marantz]
Awards
ALSC Notable Children's Books
2007
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award nominee
2007-2008
Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
2007
Children's Core Collection, 2014, 21st ed.
Children's Catalog 19th ed.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books
2007