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Storytelling principal weaves poetic fable by Naoibh O'Connor

US edition available from Crocodile Books
In this enchanting story set in the Middle East, a storyteller becomes old and weary and another would take his place. Aziz discovers that he is to become the next storyteller. All the stories of the world are woven into a magic carpet and lie waiting for him to tell.

Vi Hughes lives in Vancouver and is the principal of a elementary school. This is her first book.

Stefan Czernecki is the illustrator of many books, including Buddha Under the Bodhi Tree and The Cricket's Cage, which won the Aesop Accolade for Children's Folklore from the American Folklore Society.