From the Pigeon Post essay of the same name, August 17, 2008.
What are your recommendations? Please use the comments section.
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
Independent Readers
Young Adult
What are your recommendations? Please use the comments section.
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
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How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt by Tamara Bower Recommended |
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The Persian Cinderella by Shirley Climo and illustrated by Robert Florczak Recommended |
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Gilgamesh the King by Ludmila Zeman Recommended |
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Sindbad's Secret by Ludmila Zeman Recommended |
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The Revenge of Ishtar by Ludmila Zeman Recommended |
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The Last Quest of Gilgamesh by Ludmila Zeman Recommended |
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The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo and illustrated by Ruth Helle Suggested |
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Muhammad by Demi Suggested |
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Clever Ali by Nancy Farmer and illustrated by Gail De Marcken Suggested |
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The White Ram by Mordicai Gerstein Suggested |
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The Golden Sandal by Rebecca Hickox and illustrated by Will Hillenbrand Suggested |
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The Stone by Dianne Hofmeyr and illustrated by Jude Daly Suggested |
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Aziz the Storyteller by VI Hughes and illustrated by Stefan Czernecki Suggested |
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My Father's Shop by Satomi Ichikawa Suggested |
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A Gift Of The Sands by Julia Johnson and illustrated by Emily Styles Suggested |
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Goha the Wise Fool by Denys Johnson-Davies and illustrated by Hag Hamdy and Mohamed Fattoug Suggested |
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Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur! by Margaret Read MacDonald and Ibrahim Muhawi and illustrated by Alik Arzoumanian Suggested |
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The Hundredth Name by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim and illustrated by Michael Hays Suggested |
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Aladdin And The Enchanted Lamp by Philip Pullman and illustrated by Sophy Williams Suggested |
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The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor by James Riordan and illustrated by Shelley Fowles Suggested |
Independent Readers
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1001 Arabian Nights by Geraldine McCaughrean and illustrated by Rosamund Fowler Recommended |
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Genies, Meanies, and Magic Rings by Stephen Mitchell and illustrated by Tom Pohrt Recommended |
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Traveling Man by James Rumford Recommended |
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Saladin by Diane Stanley Recommended |
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Arabian Nights Retold and illustrated by Earle Goodenow Recommended |
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The Arabian Nights by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and Nora A. Smith and illustrated by Maxfield Parrish Recommended |
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Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights Retold and illustrated by W. Heath Robinson Suggested |
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The Children's Encyclopedia of Arabia by Mary Beardwood Suggested |
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Seven Daughters & Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen and Bahija Lovejoy Suggested |
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Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights by N. J. Dawood and illustrated by William Harvey Suggested |
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From The Land Of Sheba by Carolyn Han Suggested |
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Tales of Juha by Salma Khadra Jayyusi Suggested |
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Arabian Nights and Days by Naguib Mahfouz and translated by Denys Johnson-Davies Suggested |
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The Akhenaten Adventure by Philip Kerr Suggested |
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Mosque by David MacAulay Suggested |
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Abu Jmeel's Daughter and Other Stories by Jamal Sleem Nuweihed and Salma Khadra Jayyusi Suggested |
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Rachel the Clever and Other Jewish Folktales by Josepha Sherman Suggested |
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Watermelons, Walnuts and the Wisdom of Allah by Barbara K. Walker and illustrated by Harold Berson Suggested |
Young Adult
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The Arabian Nights by Richard Francis Burton Recommended |
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The Arabian Nights by Husain Haddawy Recommended |
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Arabian Nights II by Husain Haddawy Recommended |
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The Arabian Nights by Robert Irwin Recommended |
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Gilgamesh by John Gardner Suggested |
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Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell Suggested |
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