Elizabeth Laird

Elizabeth Laird is the renowned author of Kiss the Dust, The Garbage King and A Little Piece of Ground. She has been shortlisted five times for the Carnegie Medal. She has a longstanding interest in Persian literature and has travelled extensively throughout the Middle East. Her other books for Frances Lincoln are Pea Boy: Stories from Iran, A Fistful of Pearls: Stories from Iraq, and The Ogress and the Snake: Stories from Somalia. Elizabeth divides her time between London and Edinburgh.

A Fistful of Pearls and Other Tales from Iraq

A wealth of folk stories spiced with humour and the rose-scented enchantment of the Arabian Nights, elegantly retold and playfully illustrated to reveal the true, traditional heart of Iraq.

Category: Anthologies / collections, Fiction 7+, Cultural Diversity
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
 
Paperback    £5.99
Hiding Out

When Peter is accidentally left behind on a family holiday in France, he decides to "hide out" and survive on his wits until his parents come to find him.

Category: Fiction 10+
Publisher: Barn Owl Books
 
Paperback    £5.99
The Ogress and the Snake

Elizabeth Laird's retellings of down-to-earth tales make a perfect introduction to a fascinating and little-known country.

Category: Anthologies / collections, Fiction 7+, Cultural Diversity
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
 
Paperback    £5.99
Pea Boy

A wonderful collection of traditional stories from Iran retold by an award-winning author who knows the country intimately.

Category: Anthologies / collections, Cultural Diversity
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
 
Hardback    £14.99
Pea Boy

A wonderful collection of traditional stories from Iran retold by an award-winning author who knows the country intimately.

Category: Anthologies / collections, Cultural Diversity
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
 
Paperback    £8.99
Shahnameh

The Shahnameh is a fabulous collection of stories and myths from ancient Persia, written into an epic poem by the poet Firdousi in the 10th century.

Category: Poetry and Drama, Cultural Diversity
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
 
Hardback    £16.99