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King of the Wind is a novel by Marguerite Henry that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1949. It was made into a film of the same name in 1990. Plot. As the fast of Ramadan is ending in Morocco, Agba, a mute slave boy, tends to his favorite Arabian mare, who gives birth that night.
- Marguerite Henry, Wesley Dennis
- 1948
Dec 26, 2006 · Marguerite Henry (1902–1997) was the beloved author of such classic horse stories as King of the Wind, Misty of Chincoteague, and Stormy, Misty’s Foal, and her work has won several Newbery Awards and Honors. Wesley Dennis was best known for his illustrations in collaboration with author Marguerite Henry. They published sixteen books together.
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Four stars for King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian (and yes, I indeed do very much hope that in particular the depictions the author presents of 18th century Morocco, but especially that the Sultan mandates that even his horses, including Sham's heavily pregnant with him mother must be made to obey the Ramadan fasting are based ...
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May 25, 1990 · King of the Wind: Directed by Peter Duffell. With Richard Harris, Glenda Jackson, Frank Finlay, Jenny Agutter. In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel, evil and good and thus begins the life of Sham.
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- Peter Duffell
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Plot Summary. King of the Wind (1949), a children's novel by American writer Marguerite Henry with illustrations by Wesley Dennis, tells the story of an Arabian mare and the mute slave who tends to the horse. King of the Wind won the Newberry Medal for excellence in American children's literature. The novel begins in Morocco at the end of ...
King of the Wind. Written in 1948 by an award-winning American author of animal stories, this novel is part truth, part fiction. The true story concerns a colt called Sham – the Sun – who became sire of the illustrious Arabian Godolphin dynasty of racehorses whose descendants still astound race-goers today. The fictional part of the story ...
King of the Wind 1. The Fast of Ramadan IN THE northwestern slice of Africa known as Morocco, a horseboy stood, with broom in hand, in the vast courtyard of the royal stables of the Sultan. He was waiting for dusk to fall. All day long he had eaten nothing.
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