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P is for Pakistan (World Alphabets) - Softcover

Razzak, Shazia

 
9781847800893: P is for Pakistan (World Alphabets)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1847800890 ISBN 13: 9781847800893
Verlag: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

In this photographic alphabet, the author introduces young readers to some of the customs, religions and cultures - both ancient and modern - that make up this fast-developing country. Focusing on both city and country life, this is a celebration of Pakistan in all its aspects, from dhobi to jasmine, from hijab to water buffalo.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Shazia Razzack was born in Rawalpindi, in Pakistan, and came to live in the United Kingdom when she was two. She took her BSc (Hons) in Human Biology at the University of East London before training to be a teacher and has been teaching in East London ever since. She lives in Wanstead, London.

Prodeepta Das was born in Cuttack, in eastern India. He is a freelance photographer and author whose pictures have been published in over 20 children's books. In 1991 Inside India, which he also wrote, won the Commonwealth Photographer's Award. Prodeepta's books for Frances Lincoln are P is for Pakistan, Prita Goes to India, K is for Korea, We are Britain!, Geeta's Day, I is for India, J is for Jamaica, Kamal Goes to Trinidad, P is for Poland, T is for Turkey, S is for South Africa, R is for Russia and B is for Bangladesh.

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Dd is for Dhobi ghat, an open-air laundry near the river bank, where dhobis - washermen and women - bring all the town's dirty clothes to wash and spread out to dry.



Ee is for Eid, two of the year's most important Islamic celebrations. Eid-Ul-Fitre, marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting, and Eid-Ul-Addha is celebrated after Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. Girls give each other bangles and decorate their hands with henna. Families feast together, give presents, and say special prayers at the mosque to celebrate.

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Verlag
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1847800890
ISBN 13 
9781847800893
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
32
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