TITLE : The Last Ticket & Other Stories
AUTHORS : Various Asian authors
PUBLISHER : National Book Trust, New Delhi
YEAR : 2004
ISBN : 81-237-4314-9
GENRE : Children's Fiction
PAGES : 127 pages with illustrations
FORMAT : Scanned PDF with OCR, bookmarks & covers.
CONTENTS :
Love Letters - Kate Walker Australia 7
Willow Leaves Falling - Long Xinhua China 15
The Hungry Septopus - Satyajit Ray India 24
Irah Becomes Flower Gardener - Toety Maklis Indonesia 47
The Last Ticket - Minoo Karimzadeh Iran 55
The Local Representative - Mohamad Ali Majod Malaysia 67
A Minikin-Eared Ewe - Tsendyin Damdinsuren Mongolia 77
A Kite in the Sky - Syed Fateh Ali Anvery Pakistan 91
Impong Sela - Epifanio G. Matute Phillipines 99
Kiem - Manly Boy - Ma Van Khang Vietnam 107
ABOUT THE BOOK :
This is a collection of contemporary literature for young people
from Asia and the Pacific countries which is widely read,
published under the Asian /Pacific Co-publication Programme
(ACP) carried out by the Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO
(ACCU), with the joint efforts of UNESCO member states in the
region, and in co-operation with UNESCO. 21 Asian/Pacific
countries participated; this volume comprises ten stories from
ten countries, and the second volume The Wall and Other Stories
contains eleven stories from eleven countries. All the stories
and illustrations have been contributed by 21 countries in the
region and selected by Regional Editorial Committee for ACP
with the joint efforts of UNESCO member states in Asia and the
Pacific. All the ACP books published have already been
translated invo many languages and read by children all over
the world.
CONTRIBUTORS:
Love Letters
author: Kate Walker (Australia) illustrated by Jonathan Nix
Willow Leaves Falling
author. Long Xinhua (China) translated by Zuo Ziming illustrated by Su Lu
The Hungry Septopus
author: Satyajit Ray (India) translated by Meenakshi Mukherjee illustrated by Subir Roy
Irah Becomes Flower Gardener
author: Toety Maklis (Indonesia) translated by Toety Maklis illustrated by Salim M.
The Last Ticket
author: Minoo Karimzadeh (Iran) translated by Shirin Nayer-Noori illustrated by Fariba Aflatoon
The Local Representative
author: Mohamad Ali Majod (Malaysia) translated by Amilah Ab. Rahman illustrated by Fazrul Arhan Razali
A Minikin-Eared Ewe
author: Tsendyin Damdinsuren (Mongolia) translated by D. Altangerel illustrated by D. Boldbaatar
A Kite in the Sky
author: Syed Fateh Ali Anvery (Pakistan) illustrated by Ather Jamal
Impong Sela
author: Epifanio G. Matute (Philippines) translated by Marne L. Kilates illustrated by Albert E. Gamos
Kiem — A Manly Boy
author: Ma Van Khang (Vietnam) translated by Nguyen Thanh Chau illustrated by Pham Cong Thanh