{"product_id":"sarpa-and-si-7747-h-299-the-beginning-hardcover","title":"Sarpa and Si\u0026#7747;h\u0026#299;: The Beginning - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMateo Rose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome books are read. Some are told. Some are carried.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a great storm separates a young lioness from her pride, she runs through the rain and the lightning until she finds shelter in a cave. In the darkness, she meets a wise snake - and the snake begins to tell her a story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIts language is simple. Its questions are not.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains two complete stories. The first is a picture book, illustrated on every spread. The second moves into chapter book territory - the language deepening, the illustrations stepping back, the story beginning to carry its own weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether they are the beginning of \u003cem\u003eSiṃhī The Becoming\u003c\/em\u003e - thirteen books that follow the young lioness from lost cub to adulthood, through the old stories of the Indian tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Ursula K. Le Guin's \u003cem\u003eEarthsea\u003c\/em\u003e, Richard Adams's \u003cem\u003eWatership Down\u003c\/em\u003e, and the old Indian fables themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor ages 5 and up, or as young as a child likes to listen.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTo be read aloud, together.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55152271687971,"sku":"9798349665851","price":38.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/8279\/8371\/files\/W-0WCTmWUG9798349665851.webp?v=1779789523","url":"https:\/\/homeschoolbookbarn.com\/products\/sarpa-and-si-7747-h-299-the-beginning-hardcover","provider":"Homeschool Book Barn","version":"1.0","type":"link"}