An award-winning author and illustrator offers a beautiful and
uplifting adaptation of the beloved Sufi poem
Celebrated children's book creator Peter Sis presents his first book for
adults with The Conference of the Birds--a lyrical and richly
illustrated story of love, faith, and the beauty of the human journey.
Sis's deeply felt version of the classic twelfth-century Persian epic
poem tells the story of a flock of birds in search of the true king,
Simorgh, who lives on the mountain of Kaf. Drawn from all species, the
flock travels through the seven valleys: quest, love, understanding,
detachment, unity, amazement, and death. The birds that endure reach the
mountain to learn a profound lesson: that Simorgh the king is, in fact,
each of them and all of them.