The Bird's Relative / Het familielid van de vogel
Idries Shah
The Bird’s Relative / Het familielid van de vogel
Idries Shah
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(Bilingual English-Dutch edition) A wealthy merchant's prize possession is a beautiful bird. Believing that he loves the exotic creature too much to set it free, the merchant discovers that animals are sometimes better at learning by example than humans. This is one of a series of illustrated books for the young written by the Afghan philosopher and educator Idries Shah, whose collections of narratives and teaching stories have captivated the hearts and minds of people from all walks of life. It belongs to a rich storytelling tradition from Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Middle East that is more than 1,000 years old. These tales are more than entertaining; they are designed specifically to foster thinking skills and perception. They suggest in their structure and in the movement of their characters ways of looking at difficulties that can help solve them. Children will learn that it is good to observe others in order to learn, and that sometimes the actions of others are not all that they first seem to be.
(Tweetalige Engels-Nederlands editie) Een rijke koopman bezit een prachtige kostbare vogel. Terwijl hij gelooft dat hij te veel van het exotische schepsel houdt om het vrij te laten, leert de koopman dat dieren soms beter zijn in leren van een voorbeeld dan mensen. Dit boek maakt deel uit van een reeks geillustreerde jeugdboeken van de hand van de Afghaanse filosoof en pedagoog Idries Shah, wiens verhalenbundels en leerzame verhalen de harten en geesten van mensen uit alle lagen van de bevolking hebben veroverd. Het behoort tot een rijke verteltraditie uit Afghanistan, Centraal-Azie en het Midden-Oosten die meer dan 1000 jaar oud is. Kinderen kunnen met dit verhaal het inzicht verwerven dat leren mogelijk is door anderen goed te observeren en dat de daden van anderen soms niet zijn wat ze op het eerste gezicht lijken.
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