The Three Princes of Serendip: New Tellings of Old Tales for Everyone genre-Food Emily Arnold McCully’s sweeping watercolor

Emily Arnold McCully’s sweeping watercolor paintings carry the reader over the rooftops of nineteenth-century Paris and into an elegant

But even as she delights audiences with her masterful playing

and how we find ways to connect to our history across time and distance

or kiss the boy next door

The Three Princes of Serendip: New Tellings of Old Tales for Everyone genre-Food Emily Arnold McCully’s sweeping watercolorThis feast of Middle Eastern folklore from an award winning Iraqi storyteller is paired with vibrant cut paper art. The twenty fables and folktales in this illustrated storybook have taken a long journey. Many have roots that stretch across Europe, Asia, and Africa, but when award winning writer and gatherer of tales Rodaan Al Galidi learned them in his homeland of Iraq, it was as Arabic folktales and as part of the Arabic storytelling tradition. When