| The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story | 
 enlarge | Author: Rebecca Hickox
Creator: Will Hillenbrand
Publisher: Holiday House Inc
Category: Book
List Price: CDN$ 19.95
Buy New: CDN$ 14.56
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 390796
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 9.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0823413314
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.20956702
EAN: 9780823413317
ASIN: 0823413314
Publication Date: February 1, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks
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| Editorial Reviews:
From Amazon.com
What do you get when you take Cinderella's glass slipper and transport it to the Middle East? The Golden Sandal! Rebecca Hickox's delightful retelling of an Iraqi folktale "The Little Red Fish and the Clog of Gold" has all the makings of any good Cinderella story--the mean stepmother, the young oppressed girl, a big shindig, a kind, magical creature who helps the girl dress up for the event, an enamored young man, a lost-and-found shoe, and the promise of a happy ending. However, with the Arabian twist, the girl's name is Maha, the benevolent creature is a fish, the shindig is a "grand henna," and the shoe that ultimately saves Maha from a cruel fate is none other than a golden sandal. Rebecca Hickox, author of Zorro and Quwi, Per and the Dala Horse and Matreshka, teams up with the well-loved illustrator Will Hillenbrand of The Tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Counting Crocodiles, and the award-winning Wicked Jack to create this fresh twist on a familiar tale--guaranteed to keep youngsters riveted until the satisfying ending when justice prevails! (Ages 4 to 8)
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| Customer Reviews:
A great book to expand cultural understanding February 23, 2002
This is a Cinderella type story that takes place in the middle east. It takes some tradional customs and places them in a context that is easy for the western student to understand. A great book for fans of Cinderella, too.
Great book for middle eastern students! December 28, 2001
Their are not that many books for Middle Eastern students. A Cinderella book was sorely missing and this one will please my students immensely.
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