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Milet Picture Dictionary English-Somali text by Sedat Turhan

An English-Somali picture dictionary.
j 423.9354 TURHAN: Forest Park, Mason Square

The Lion's Share: a Somali Folktale = Qayb libaax retold by Said Salah Ahmed

After the animals hunt and kill a camel, the lion asks them how the meat will be shared.
j398.2 AHMED: Brightwood, Central, Indian Orchard, Pine Point, Sixteen Acres

Wiil Waal : a Somali folktale retold by Kathleen Moriarty

Wise Somali leader Wiil Waal asks men to bring him the part of a sheep that symbolizes what can unite men as one.
J 398.2096 MORIARTY: Brightwood, Central, East Springfield, Indian Orchard, Liberty, Mason Square, Pine Point, Sixteen Acres

Boqorkii tukaha : waa sheeko-xariireed reer Kuuriya ah = The crow king : a Korean folk story by Lee Joo-Hye

A bilingual folktale.
JBIN SOMALI/ENGLISH: Mason Square

Maraqii Ayeeyo ee Sabtida = Grandma's Saturday soup by Sally Fraser

A picture book with parallel text in English and Somali.
JBIN SOMALI/ENGLISH: Mason Square

Chameleon Swims = Jirjirroole Waa Dabaalanayaa by Laura Hambleton

Chameleon learns to swim with the help of his friend Salamander. Bilingual.
JBOARD: Mason Square

Duudkii aadka u gaajooday = The very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days. Bilingual picture book.
JBIN SOMALI: Mason Square

Gooldilokis iyo saddexdii madaxkuti = Goldilocks and the three bears retold by Kate Clynes

A picture book with parallel text in English and Somali.
JBIN SOMALI/ENGLISH: Mason Square

Saddexdii orgi ee ilma Garaf = The three billy goats Gruff retold by Henriette Barkow

A bilingual fairytale.
JBIN SOMALI/ENGLISH: Mason Square

Ayeeyo Nana = Grandma Nana by VÉronique Tadjo

Grandma Nana loves all children and all children love her. She tells them wonderful stories and poses riddles which make them laugh together. Parallel text in Somali and English.
JBIN SOMALI: Mason Square

A Gift for Sadia by Marie Fritz Perry

A young Somali girl immigrates to Minnesota and through the friendship of a wounded Canada goose learns how to accept her new life in America.
JJ PERRY MARIE Gift for: Liberty, Mason Square

The Color of Home by Mary Hoffman

Hassan, newly-arrived in the United States and feeling homesick, paints a picture at school that shows his old home in Somalia as well as the reason his family had to leave. A picture book in English.
JJ HOFFMAN MARY Color of: Central
Also available in Spanish: Los colores de casa . J 860 HOFFMAN: Pine Point

Somali-English, English-Somali dictionary and phrasebook by Nicholas Awde et al.

A dictionary that includes a phrase book and bibliographical references. For adults and teens.
493.54321 SOMALI Brightwood, Central, East Springfield, Forest Park, Indian Orchard, Liberty, Mason Square, Pine Point, Sixteen Acres

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