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edition:Hardcover
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category: Children's Fiction
published: Nov 2010
ISBN:9781896580791
publisher: Tradewind Books

The Mouse Who Saved Egypt

by Karim Alrawi, illustrated by Willey

tagged: mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, etc., country & ethnic
Description

The Mouse Who Saved Egypt is a wonderful retelling of an ancient Middle Eastern folk tale with a straightforward plot: a prince takes the time to rescue a mouse trapped in a thorn bush; when the prince later becomes pharaoh, the mouse returns to save Egypt from attack.

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.


Bee Willey was born in London and spent the rest of her childhood in France. She is half French. She was shortlisted for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award for Bob Robber and Dancing Jane. She teaches at the Norwich University of the Arts and lives in London. "

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
6 to 8
Grade:
1 to 3
Reading age:
6 to 8
Awards
  • Short-listed, UK's People's Book Prize
Editorial Review

“Alrawi’s language is as timeless as the tale he tells.”

— Quill & Quire

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Top  Grade
Librarian review

The Mouse Who Saved Egypt

See how a small kindness can be repaid a thousand times over. In this retelling of an ancient Middle Eastern folk tale, Karim Alrawi follows up his best-selling The Girl Who Lost Her Smile with another classic fable.

A book that teaches kindness and how the smallest creatures can be the most heroic. I would use this book when teaching fables, as well as to encourage readers to consider how morals or messages can be gleaned from adventure stories. Though set in Ancient Egypt, this picture book is relevant to contemporary world issues of power and injustice.

Source: Association of Canadian Publishers. Top Grade Selection 2016.

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