Good Night, Commander

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Groundwood Books Ltd, 2010 - Juvenile Fiction - 24 pages
A powerful story about a child who has survived the Iraq-Iran War finds him playing an imaginary war in his room, but when he confronts an enemy soldier, he finds that, like himself, this soldier is missing a leg.
 

About the author (2010)

Ahmad Akbarpour is a novelist, short-story writer and author of children's books. He has won the Iranian National Book Award and was selected for the IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) honor list in 2006. He is the author of the picture book Good Night, Commander, illustrated by Morteza Zahedi (Groundwood, 2010). He lives in Shiraz, Iran.

Morteza Zahedi has illustrated more than twenty books and has won many awards, including the Noma Concours Encouragement Prize in 2006 and an Honor Diploma award at the Bologna Illustrators' Exhibition in 2009. He lives in Tehran, Iran.

Helen Mixter is a translator who lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Shadi Eskandani is a poet and translator who was born in Iran and who lives now in Toronto.

Bibliographic information

TitleGood Night, Commander
AuthorAhmad Akbarpour
Translated byShadi Eskandani, Helen Mixter
Illustrated byMorteza Zahedi
Editionillustrated
PublisherGroundwood Books Ltd, 2010
ISBN0888999895, 9780888999894
Length24 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Military & Wars
Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / Middle East
Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings
  
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