ONCE UPON A STAR - A PHOTO ESSAY

Presenting: Once Upon a Star by Majeed Beenteha. This delightful children's story is about a little girl named Roya who travels through time and space to discover more about life. In her adventures she comes across many figures and characters which teach her more about herself, her past and her rich heritage.

Once Upon a Star

Once Upon a Start is a creative work, with the key
themes of dreams, spirituality, self-love, identity,
self-reliance, and relationship. The story is full of
delightful prose, rich imagery and metaphor, beautiful
illustrations, simple yet profound.

The book's main character, Roya, witnesses the fall of
a star and in an attempt to save it, she is swept into
an imaginative land on a faraway star. There she
travels in quest of an elusive Barrier so that she may
cross it to return home. In her pursuit, she meets
seven colorful characters, including her own spirit.

Through Roya and the characters in the story we learn
much about the book's, indeed life's, central themes.
We also learn something of the importance of
perspective, open and creative thinking, imagination
and child-like wonder in a happy and enriching life.

The author has employed themes from Persian history,
philosophy and culture to create original characters
and a story line with a global appeal. The message
conveyed in the book is truly a reflection of the
beauty and wisdom that is inherited in the Persian culture.

Once Upon A Star is short and sweet enough to read to
even very small children, who will undoubtedly fall in
love with the book's direct style of narration and
both memorable and charmingly funny persons and events.