Arabic Nursery Rhymes
" Ahazeej Al Tufula al Mubakira"

Children who attended the " Arabic Nursery show " presented by Al Salwa Publishing House at Hakawati Bookstore left the bookstore singing  " ya ghanamati Maaaaa maaaaaaa" and clutching a lamb puppet they colored and decorated

A special invitation was sent to Grandmas, Moms and toddlers. Everbody joined in the fun singing ,clapping, imitating a bunny who could not jump, making animal sounds and playing finger games that ended up in tickling and giggling.

The Arabic Nursery rhymes "Ahazeej"  are offered  as a comprehensive project that includes a series of three beautifully illustrated board books categorized according to subjects, an audio CD, and an animated musical DVD.
As much as possible the original tune of each rhyme was preserved but jazzed up to make it attractive to young children and a new tune was composed for some rhymes that had no original tune. (On YouTube )

Nursery Rhymes are the first introduction to literature for the child. They are part of the rich oral tradition of any culture that help pass on traditions, customs and popular beliefs from one generation to the next.

Because of the changing lifestyles in our culture, the oral tradition is no longer enough to preserve these rhymes. Slowly and surely they will be forgotten or left to scholarly books.
To keep those rhymes alive it is important to present them in different modern media that children and young parents can relate to.

"Ahazeej Al Tufoula Al Mubakira" published by Al Salwa Publishing House / Amman Jordan does just that.
The aim of the project is to preserve these rhymes and make them accessible to young parents of today.
The hope is that these rhymes will bring joy to children and become part of their childhood memories so that they in turn will pass them on to the next generation.