Arabic-L:PEDA:More on Children's books

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Date: 27 Jul 2004
From:ArabLDS at hotmail.com
Subject:More on Children's books

I have a follow-up query to the children's book issue.

I am in the process of trying to teach my children Arabic.  It's far
from
perfect, but my daughter has shown me just how adept kids are at
picking up
the basics.  Anyhow, I have been able to get her the excellently-dubbed
Egyptian Arabic Disney DVDs via relatives in the Gulf (and hack codes
off
the internet which even on an NTSC TV turned my $20 DVD player into a
PAL
playing machine!).  What I have not been able to find is good Arabic
kids
educational software -- something my daughter takes to extremely well in
English and could really help her in Arabic.  The closest thing I've
been
able to find is a tantalizingly well-done but extremely short online
game
from Arabic Sesame Street which can be found by clicking through from
here:
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/international/portal.php (click on either
alim
or hikayat simsim, then labit al-usra and then labit athar al-aqdam).
Does
anyone know:

(1) Where I can find good Arabic children's software, preferably
utilizing
Egyptian dialect or a blend of dialect and Fusha?
(2) If it is possible to get Alam or Hikayat Simsim on DVD or VHS?
This it
also turns out so far has proven nearly impossible.

Jamal Qureshi

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Date: 27 Jul 2004
From:ibc at ibcbooks.com
Subject:More on Children's books

REPLY:  International Book Centre can offer you reading materials
such as: American Classics ...  bilingual English-Arabic editions:
Hunchback of Nortre Dame; Great Expectations; Tom Sawyer; Animal
Farm; good Earth; Secret Garden; Tom Jones; David Copperfield; Tale
of Two Cities; Wuthering Heights; Flowers for Mrs. Harris; Pride and
prejudice; Treasure island; Jane Eyre; Rebecca; Litle Women.
We also have a series of Agatha Christie books written entirely in
Arabic such as Murder on Orient Express and 12 other titles.  You
asked about children's books ... here's a series of children's books
written in Arabic and in English: Very Hungry Caterpillar; It's Mine;
Keeping up with Cheetah; Dark Tale; Gift for Gita; Swirling Hijaab;
Don't Cry Sly; Flash, Bang, Wheee; Giant Turnip; Walking thru the
Jungle; Splash; Buskers of Bremen; Paddington Bear goes to marekt ;
Paddington Bear all Day; Samira's Eid; That's My Mum; Floppy; Floppy
in the Dark You will be able to order these books on our website at:
www.ibcbooks.com
Claudette

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