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The butter man

While Nora waits for the couscous her father is cooking to be finished, he tells her a story about his youth in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Alalou, Elizabeth
Other Authors:	Alalou, Ali, Essakalli, Julie Klear (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2008.
Subjects:	Morocco > Juvenile fiction. Picture books for children.
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Summary:	While Nora waits for the couscous her father is cooking to be finished, he tells her a story about his youth in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
Physical Description:	[31] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:	1580891276 (reinforced) 9781580891271 (reinforced)
Author Notes:	Elizabeth Alalou is a writer. She met Ali Alalou, who was born and raised in the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, when she was serving as a Peace Corp volunteer in southern Morocco, where they both taught in a public school. They are now married and live with their four children near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.