The Golden Carpet
- ISBN10: 1409536025
- ISBN13: 9781409536024
- Author: Mairi Mackinnon
- Illustrator: Alida Massari
- Format: Hardback
- Published: 01/06/2013
£5.99
A prince convinces a peasant girl to marry him by learning to weave carpets. The couple rule as king and queen until a wicked magician kidnaps the king, forcing him to be his slave and weave carpets for the magician to sell. In order to escape, the king finds an ingenious way of getting a message to his wife.
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Ani the shepherd girl doesn't want to marry a prince, or at least not until he has learned to do something useful... Will his woven carpet help her change her mind? A delightful retelling of a traditional folktale from Armenia, specially written for children building their reading stamina. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme, developed in conjunction with reading experts from Roehampton University.