El regalo de la abuela Sara

by Ghazi Abdel-Qadir, Javier Argul Arias (Illustrator), Maria Jesus Larriba (Translator)

Una noche, la abuela Sara sueña que va a morir el viernes, cuando el muecín llame a la oración. Cree que es una premonición y llama a los familiares para preparar el entierro. En preparación, la abuela Sara decide regalar sus posesiones más preciadas. Ella deja su caballo a su nieta favorito, Liana, quien aprende sobre la responsabilidad y las dificultades de enfrentar la muerte.

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Ghazi Abdel-Qadir was born in the seminal year 1948 near Nazareth, in Palestine. He went to school first in Jordan, but later studied in Germany. After spending time working as a translator and lecturer, Abdel-Qadir devoted himself to writing novels, and is celebrated as an author of works for children and young adults, having won a number of literary prizes.

His first book, Abdallah und ich, was published in 1991, and he’s pulished more than a dozen more. One of his most well-known is Die sprechenden Steine, or The Talking Stones.