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My Father's Shop

My Father's Shop

Sachomi Ichikawa
Kane/Miller 2006


This story takes place in the wondrous land of Morocco, where the sights and smells are as colorful and exciting as my scratch-and-sniff polka-dotted pajamas (some spots smell like strawberries, and some like pickles!) Mustafa is a young boy who works in his father's rug shop. One day, his dad discovers a hole in one of the rugs, and is upset because he can't sell it. But Mustafa takes the rug happily and runs out into the marketplace for his own adventure. There he meets a rooster who follows him around, as well as people from around the world who teach him how to speak like a rooster--in five different languages! For example, in French, a rooster crows like this: "Co-co-ri-co!" Finally, Mustafa makes his father very proud, but you must read the book to see how.

 

 


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