Amoo Norooz and Other Persian Folk Stories (English, Persian and Persian Edition) Hardcover – June 1, 2000

While I liked the stories in the book a great deal and the colorful illustrations held my toddler daughter's interest, I did find several glaring errors that any good proofreader would have caught. Early in the first story, a line is repeated, and worse yet, the line has a misspelling. Nevertheless, I gave it four stars because there are few books about Persian folktales which are age-appropriate for my daughter, and because the illustrations absolutely make this book.

This is THE WORST children's book ever. Ordered this to help explain Persian New Year / Norooz to an SAE speaking kid. The product summary and other reviewers said this book contained a story to describe it. We were excited that the book also included 3 additional stories. Unfortunately, the stories make no sense due to the horrible translation from Iranian to English. I'm assuming A LOT was lost in translation (unless the original text was in broken Iranian) or the 4 stories are just terrible in general. There seems to have been no attempt at adaptation between languages to make them understandable. Presumably Iranian text is included at the bottom of each page, for what I have no idea because if I could read Iranian I probably wouldn't need an book in English to help explain a Persian holiday. Other than that, the drawings are a bit creepy but the kid seems to like them.

Stories are based on Persian tradition but they are great for children (pre school and younger) no matter where you are from.

I bought this collection of Persian stories for my children and they just loved it. My children are born here in the US and this book gave them a first hand opportunity to learn about the land of their parents. I strongly recommend this book for all those families who are part Iranian/Persian and part American. Also, all public libraries which have extensive collection of ethnic books must have this book in their collection.