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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
great story, hideous illustrations,
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This review is from: Ruler of the Courtyard (Hardcover)
we have many pakistani-american friends and my own parents moved to america from pakistan in the 1960's, so i was excited to see a picture book about a child from pakistan. my sons were also interested in reading a story which featured someone from the "motherland", but the same distressing thought came to child after child after child --- "why are people from pakistan shown as so ugly?" the illustrations leave A LOT to be desired...my boys didn't even want me to donate the book to their language arts class because they were ashamed that the unattractive faces of the characters would be considered to be representative of all pakistanis. (and this isn't just a matter of personal taste either --- balance and proportion and symmetry are considered to be the hallmarks of "beauty", yet for some reason none of those are evident here in the characters' facial features). it's too bad because the author really is talented and the story is sweet in itself.
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Ruler of the Courtyard by Rukhsana Khan (Hardcover - March 24, 2003)
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