Nadia Jameel Taibah

Summary: An Arabic counting book where Jouha takes his donkeys to market. He counts 10 donkey's when he leaves. Along the way he keeps losing one donkey, counting only 9. But he forgets to count the donkey he is riding. When he gets off the donkey to count, all of the sudden the lost donkey has come back. Comical story and he never figures out what he is doing wrong.

Criteria- Critique of Genre: Folklore- International story told many times with different themes. The counting is in both english and Arab to display the Arabic counting. A realistic tale in Arabia.

Age: primary, intermediate

Media: paintings… (mehr)

I really liked this book for a younger classroom! This is a counting book that counts donkeys. It counts, but also has a story line of an old Arabic Counting Tale. Children would really benefit from a counting book that can be used for dual learning. They are learning about counting and another country. My favorite part about this book was the Arabic writing at the bottom of the pages. It showed both words and numbers written in English and Arabic. I think a class would be really interested in something like this!… (mehr)