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The Turtle of Oman

By: Naomi Shihab Nye
Narrated by: Peter Ganim
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Here are some things Aref loves about his home.

  • Mish-Mish, his cat
  • The dunes in the desert
  • His friends Diram and Sulima
  • Fresh apricots
  • Crispy fish served in baskets
  • His grandfather, Sidi
  • His excellent rock collection
  • The turtles of Oman

Aref does not want to move to Michigan. He's sure the kids there won't like him. Also, he has everything he needs right where he is! But Sidi has another point of view. Sidi says Aref will go and come back. Just like a falcon or the turtles of Oman, he'll travel far and make his way home to Muscat.

So Aref sets out to say good-bye to everything he loves. Good-bye to Mish-Mish, Diram, Sulima, dunes, Sidi…. But how can he stand it?

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A thoughtful and beautiful story. My children and I really enjoyed listening to it. I highly recommend it.

Beautiful story

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This was a beautiful story. I listened with my kids and was really impressed. I highly recommend.

loved it

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A slow-building, concrete and beautiful paean to migration of people and animals and string ties to Place. A lovely “See you Later❤️”

A long goodbye

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Naomi Shihab Nye's writing is beautiful poetic and the narration of this audiobook is engaging with different voices for the book's characters.

Excellent Poetic Writing with Engaging Narrator

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The narration was wonderfully done and the actual story is so lovely and easy to listen to

Touching story and lessons

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wonderful story a boy growing and learning the wonders of the world and the love of a grandfather

heading optional!!!

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Was very boring to listen to and always was disappointed by the story. You never even heard about to journey to Michigan or his life once there. Entire story was build up and repeated stories with his grandfather.

Unfortunately not a fan

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