The Day of Ahmed's Secret



Title: The Day of Ahmed's Secret
Author: Florence Parry Heide & Judith Heide Gilliland
Illustrator: Ted Lewin
Type: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: K-5th
Publisher: Mulberry Books
Date of Publication: 1990
ISBN: 978-0688140236

Synopsis: As Ahmed goes through his day, he notice the sights and sounds of the bustling city (Cairo) around him.  He relates what he sees and hears to himself, and the secret he is carrying inside.  When he arrives home, after working all day, he reveals his secret to his family; he has learned to write his name.


Possible Teaching Points: 1) Egyptian culture, 2) non-western culture 

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