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Katie
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Posted: May 24 2006 at 2:42am \| IP Logged

My dh will be travelling to Morocco in the summer. Unfortunately we won't be able to accompany him, but last year when he travelled to Thailand we had a lot of fun studying Thailand and making a Thailand lapbook. I'd like to do the same for Morocco this year.

I ordered a couple of coffee-table type books from bookcloseouts.com, which will be fun to delve into, but I was wondering if any of you had any ideas for children's books about, or set in, Morocco. Picture book and chapter book ideas are welcome.

Also, any neat ideas on making our study fun would be truly appreciated.

Thanks!

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Posted: May 24 2006 at 11:25pm \| IP Logged

Hey Katie,
Although I haven't read these books, here are a few titles that might work for your Morocco unit:

"Ibrahim" by Francesc d'A. Sales child in Marrakesh, longs for life of the desert nomad

"The Storytellers" by Ted Lewin. Takes place in Fez, involving a boy and his grandfather

"The Children of Morocco" by Jules Hermes from that series, "World's Children"

"Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta" by James Rumford, about the explorer as he travels all over the Islamic world from his home in Africa

The old Time-Life books on individual countries, including Morocco, are usually full of interesting pictures that the kids like to peruse

"The Sahara and Its People" by Simon Scoones---about North Africa and the Sahara

You might take a look at some of the interesting cities of Morocco, especially Marrakech, Fez, Meknes, Tangiers (Tangiers IS in Morocco, isn't it???

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Also, wasn't St. Monica, mother of Augustine, from Morocco?

Oh yes, you can also watch "Casablanca"!!!

Kelly in FL

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Posted: May 24 2006 at 11:35pm \| IP Logged

I *knew* there was another book nagging at the edge of my memory: "King of the Wind" by Marguerite Henry, about the original Godolphin Arabian, the great granddaddy of all thoroughbreds! Although the book apparently takes some poetic license, it's a great kid's read, about the horse, and his mute Moroccan stable boy.

I recently saw the movie of this with Richard Harris, (er, that is, I saw the movie that features Richard Harris...I didn't see it WITH Richard Harris, though I would have liked to!

)Anyway, my children and I really liked the movie. It begins in Morroco, takes place during the days of Louis XIV.

Kelly in FL

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Posted: May 29 2006 at 1:20am \| IP Logged

Kelly,

Thanks so much - now I'm off to Amazon!!!

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