of knowledge:
"How are fish caught? How did this letter arrive from Iraq? Where do milk and butter come from? How is dibs made? Who guards our houses at night?" And the author answers these questions in a light language and a natural, pleasing style.
Second: they add to the scanty information our children acquire on their own. Most children know where milk comes from, but they are delighted when they learn that labneh and cheese and butter are all made from milk; and likewise they enjoy eating raisins once they know that raisins are merely dried grapes.
Third: they stir them to activity, to inquiry and independent thinking, in emulation of the children described in these books. When a child reads of "Rima's adventures" with the fisherman on the seashore, it pleases him to imitate Rima, to try her experiments, and to go them one better... And when he sees the picture of the airplane and hears its description and how it flies, that description makes him long to learn ever more of the secrets of flight.
Fourth: they satisfy in them the appetite for reading — for reading the subjects they love, in the language they love; and thus the intended aim is fulfilled. For our children, from their first acquaintance with the handling of books, keep asking for Arabic books made especially for them — and here they are now in their hands: they may turn their pages as they please, and feast their eyes on their Arabic phrases and their Arabic pictures!
This collection of picture books will delight children from the age of three to ten. They read them for themselves once they have passed the second primary class. Before that, when reading is beyond them, someone answers them by reading the text to
them, pointing with his finger to the picture matching the text — thereby securing for the child both a great pleasure and a great profit.
The language the author has followed is the classical tongue that comes close to the colloquial. She met with great difficulty in achieving that reconciliation: she has picked out every easy word, and banished every word that carried any harshness or over-depth of meaning. In my opinion she has succeeded, and her booklets have come out in the form she wanted.
The booklet is printed on glossy paper, in a size suited to a child's hands — neither too big nor too small — and adorned with large colored pictures. The text is printed in large, clear letters, fully voweled, so as to remove every difficulty of reading and of grasping the meaning on the child's part.
This series is a new departure in children's literature, and it will without doubt fill a great void in their lives. We wish it success, and we hope that "Dar al-Kitab" will continue to favor us, from time to time, with a delightful collection like this one.
Blacat Radios
You will always find me among the most luxurious of radios
Dar al-I'lan
BLACAT RADIO
The famous Blacat radios
3 wavebands — 8 tubes
The dial in Arabic
Sold at the Blacat stores
Tripoli Street — Avenue des Français
Habis Silverware
Art pieces — choice carpets — fine jewelry
ARGENTERIE Habis
Work made to order