Believe Me, I’m Not An Egret! / باور کنید من مرغ ماهی‌خوار نیستم! / Kinderbuch Persisch / Hossein Ghorbani / Mahnaz Soleimannejad Planta Editora He teaches this eager child

He teaches this eager child to think carefully about his goals and intentions

Sein Mut zahlt sich aus

in the ways that really matter

a protective gesture surrounding the fragile world of Natalia and Zosia hidden in the book

” —Booklist

Believe Me, I’m Not An Egret! / باور کنید من مرغ ماهی‌خوار نیستم! / Kinderbuch Persisch / Hossein Ghorbani / Mahnaz Soleimannejad Planta Editora He teaches this eager childThis story is a recreation of a fable originally written in Kalila and Demna, an ancient book with Indian roots. In the original story, an old egret tricks the fish into thinking that they are being taken to a safe lake, but they are in fact becoming the egrets food. Until one day, the crab also asks the egret to take him to the lake and sees the remaining fish bones while riding on his back. He then returns and informs the others. Believe Me, Im not