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Keywords

africa, animals, arab, author's note, books, camel, critical thinking, culture, greek, history, language, library, market, multicultural, reading, russian, ship, time, transportation, travel, wealth

Title

The house of wisdom

Description

The House of Wisdom, an ancient library in Baghdad, is the center for new ideas and a quest for knowledge from all parts of the world. As scholars study and translate the ancient manuscripts, one boy, Ishaq, learns the wisdom on Aristotle through his expedition and a special book.

Author

Heide, Florence Parry//Gilliland, Judith Heide

Publisher

DK Publishing, Inc.

Illustrator

ISBN

0-7894-2562-9

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

1999

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Anna Haas, 2001

Citation

Heide, Florence Parry//Gilliland, Judith Heide, “The house of wisdom,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed June 30, 2022, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/8003.