Omar the FABULOUS
I Read It In Books II
Oliver Herford — The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten (1904)
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Yes, this is exactly what you think it is—the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam penned from the point of view of a kitten. It was written and illustrated by America’s foremost Kitten humourist of the time, Oliver Herford, whom you may (or may not) recognize from his other titles such as A Kitten’s Garden [...]
F. Doostdar — The Courtyard of the Adl Afagh School (1977)
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Read more about this and other politically motivated childen’s books in Niloofar Mahdian’s (of the Children’s Book Council of Iran) presentation of her paper Children’s Literature in a Revolutionary Era.
Book Throwing
Softcore by Tirdad Zolghadr
The History of Children’s Literature in Iran
An ongoing research project headed by NGO The Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature in Iran (IRHCLI). The project was founded in 1997 and is to be ten volumes upon completion, the first seven of which have already been published. More information at payvand.