‘The Orange House is a fable about change, remembering one’s cultural heritage and taking care of the environment.’ wrote School Zone in review of The Orange House.
Read this wonderful review here(Except the book is translated from Persian not Arabic):
An extract from The Orange House
The Orange House
Nahid Kazemi
Tiny Owl Publishing Ltd
ISBN 9781910328118
This picture book for slightly older readers describes in muted colours and text a neighbourhood of colourful, smart modern buildings all around a solitary Orange House. At first the modern buildings think that Orange House doesn’t want to talk to them because she doesn’t like them; but when they hear what the neighbourhood used to be like, full of houses like Orange and with large gardens, they vow to protect her instead from the oncoming builders: “The Orange House keeps our alley more beautiful,” says one. “Without her, we can’t breathe easily,” says another. It is a fable about change, remembering one’s cultural heritage and taking care of the environment. The book is translated from Arabic.