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Read a summary of the narrative, historical information about the Shahnameh, and a biography of the author.
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Shahnameh for Kids
One by Elizabeth Laird and Shirin Adl, and the other by Hamid Rahimanian, Ahmad Sadri, and Melissa Hibbard.
photo credit: Iskandar at the Talking Tree via flickr(link is external) (license)