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Elephant in the dark Cover Image Book Book

Elephant in the dark / based on a poem by Rumi ; retold by Mina Javaherbin ; pictures by Eugene Yelchin.

Javaherbin, Mina, (author.). Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 (Added Author). Yelchin, Eugene, (illustrator.).

Summary:

In this version of "The blind men and the elephant", based on a poem by Rūmī, Persian villagers try to figure out what strange animal in a dark barn has arrived from India.

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  • ISBN: 9780545636704 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0545636701 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 x 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2015.

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