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(Bilingual English-Spanish edition / Edicion bilingue ingles-espanol) Fatima is a young woman whose life seems beset by one disaster after another. Setting forth on a journey from her home in the West, she is shipwrecked and cast ashore alone near Alexandria, Egypt. Adopted by a local family of weavers, and beginning to prosper in her new life, she is captured and forced to work making masts for ships. While undertaking a journey to sell the masts, she finds herself shipwrecked once again - this time off the coast of China, where she finally realizes that what seemed to be disasters were really essential steps toward her eventual fulfillment. Full of wisdom and depth, and ideal as a bedtime story, Fatima’s tale helps children understand the need for perseverance to reach their goals. This traditional teaching story is well known in Greek folklore, but the present version is attributed to Sheikh Mohamed Jamaludin of Adrianople (modern-day Edirne in Turkey), who died in 1750. Fatima the Spinner and the Tent is filled with wonderful illustrations by Natasha Delmar, who was taught to paint by her father, the celebrated classic Chinese painter Ng Yi-Ching. Delmar captures Fatima’s adventures with a wealth of detail and color and, using Middle Eastern and Chinese design, transports readers to the exotic lands of Fatima’s travels in a way delightful to both young and old.
Fatima es una joven cuya vida parece acosada por un desastre tras otro. Al emprender un viaje desde su hogar en Occidente, naufraga y las olas la arrojan a las costas cerca de Alejandria, en Egipto. Al encontrarse sola, es adoptada por una familia local de tejedores y comienza a prosperar en su nueva vida, pero es capturada y obligada a trabajar en la fabricacion de mastiles para barcos. Mientras emprende un viaje para vender los mastiles, vuelve a naufragar, esta vez frente a las costas de China, donde finalmente se da cuenta de que lo que parecian ser desastres eran pasos realmente esenciales para su eventual realizacion personal. Lleno de sabiduria y profundidad, e ideal para ser escuchado antes de dormir, el cuento de Fatima ayuda a los ninos a comprender la necesidad de la perseverancia para alcanzar sus metas. Esta historia de ensenanza tradicional es bien conocida en el folclore griego, pero la version actual se atribuye al jeque Mohamed Jamaludin de Adrianopolis (la actual Edirne en Turquia), que murio en 1750. Fatima la hilandera y la tienda de campana esta maravillosamente ilustrado por Natasha Delmar, quien aprendio este arte con su padre, el celebre pintor clasico chino Ng Yi-Ching. Delmar captura las aventuras de Fatima y las ilustra con una gran cantidad de detalles y colores. Utilizando elementos chinos y del Medio Oriente, transporta a los lectores a las tierras exoticas de los viajes de Fatima de una manera que deleita tanto a ninos como a adultos.
