The King’s Guitar

Author's name: Fatima Sharaf Al-Din Publisher: Arwa Al-Arabiya for Publishing Literary classification: Children's stories Book overview: Dunia Al-Hikaya, a series of stories adapted from the popular heritage of civilizations around the world, with the aim of introducing the Arab child to this heritage, ways of life, patterns of imagination, customs, and social relationships of different nations. The second part of the Dunia Al-Hikaya series, "The King's Lyre," a story from Celtic civilization, about a sensitive king named Orfeo. This king loves his wife, Queen Horodies, very much, and plays wonderful melodies for her on his lyre every day to make her happy. One day, the queen disappears, and Orfeo goes to save her from the land of imagination. He is not accompanied on his long and difficult journey except for his lyre and his great love for Queen Horodies.