Title: Clever Ali
Description: When seven-year-old Ali's greedy pet steals cherries from the wicked Sultan for whom his father keeps carrier pigeons, Ali is given three days to find 600 new cherries or his father will be thrown into the deep, dark oubliette. Includes facts about carrier pigeons and the sultan on whom this story is based, as well as an excerpt from "In Praise of Books" by al-Jahiz.
Subjects: Fiction, Fathers and sons in fiction, Homing pigeons in fiction, Kings, queens, rulers, etc. in fiction, Pigeons, Fathers and sons, Homing pigeons, Kings, queens, rulers, Pigeons in fiction, Egypt in fiction, History, Sultans, Juvenile fiction, Kings and rulers, Father-son relationship, Children's fiction, Pigeons, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Kings, queens, rulers, etc., fiction, Egypt, history, fiction
Places: Egypt
Time periods: 640-1250