MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01214cam a2200289 a 4500
001 2005027133
003 DLC
005 20070831111717.0
008 050920s2006 nyua b 000 1 eng
010 $a 2005027133
020 $a0439370140 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $alcac
050 00 $aPZ7.F23814$bCle 2006
082 00 $a[Fic]$222
100 1 $aFarmer, Nancy,$d1941-
245 10 $aClever Ali /$cNancy Farmer ; illustrated by Gail De Marcken.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bOrchard Books,$cc2006.
300 $a1 v. :$bcol. ill. ;$c29 cm.
520 $aWhen 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.
650 1 $aHoming pigeons$vFiction.
650 1 $aPigeons$vFiction.
650 1 $aFathers and sons$vFiction.
650 1 $aKings, queens, rulers, etc.$vFiction.
651 1 $aEgypt$xHistory$y640-1250$vFiction.
700 1 $aDe Marcken, Gail,$eill.