New Multicultural Children's Book by Wisdom Tales

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - March 20, 2020 - PRLog -- Based on an original tale by award-winning Mongolian author, Dashdondog Jamba, and retold by distinguished author, Anne Pellowski, find out how the traditional Mongolian tent house (called a ger in Mongolian and a yurt in Turkish), was created in the ancient past by drawing on the example of nature, and how it later became a symbol of friendship and harmony. With stunning illustrations by renowned artist, Beatriz Vidal, experience first-hand the wide-open steppes of Mongolia!

Publication Details
ISBN: 978-1-937786-81-6
Pub. Date: April 2020
Page Count: 40
Hardback
Price: $16.95
Trim Size: 10.5" x 8"

About the Authors

Dashdondog Jamba (1941-2017) was a world-renowned Mongolian author who dedicated his life to writing, translating, and telling stories for children. A passionate promoter of children's reading, he traveled with his nomadic library for over 24 years across Mongolia, covering a distance of more than 85,000 miles. His mobile library—first delivering books by camel, then by horse, and later by van—won the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Asahi Reading Promotion Award in 2006. Dashdondog wrote over 100 children's books and translated more than 50 books by foreign writers, starting with the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. For the last twenty years of his life he served as editor-in chief of children's newspapers and magazines in Mongolia. Several of Dashdondog's books have received the Best Book of Mongolia Award, including Tales on Horseback. Among his other works are Mongolian Folktales and The Stone Legends.

Anne Pellowski is a distinguished Polish-American storyteller and recognized authority on international literature for children. From 1966-1981 she was employed by the U.S. Committee to UNICEF as the founding director of the Information Center on Children's Cultures. After leaving this position she traveled throughout the world as a consultant to UNICEF, UNESCO, and the World Council of Churches. At present Ms. Pellowski is a volunteer with the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). The recipient of several awards, including a National Storytelling Network Lifetime Achievement Award, she was a nominee for the prestigious 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Anne is the author of numerous books on the theory and practice of storytelling, ranging from popular children's handbooks to scholarly academic articles, including The World of Children's Literature, The World of Storytelling, The Story Vine: A Source Book of Unusual and Easy-to-Tell Stories from around the World, and The Storytelling Handbook. She lives in Winona, Wisconsin.

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