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Folktales from the Middle East

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

How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt by Tamara Bower Recommended
The Persian Cinderella by Shirley Climo and illustrated by Robert Florczak Recommended
Gilgamesh the King by Ludmila Zeman Recommended
Sindbad's Secret by Ludmila Zeman Recommended
The Revenge of Ishtar by Ludmila Zeman Recommended
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh by Ludmila Zeman Recommended
The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo and illustrated by Ruth Helle Suggested
Muhammad by Demi Suggested
Clever Ali by Nancy Farmer and illustrated by Gail De Marcken Suggested
The White Ram by Mordicai Gerstein Suggested
The Golden Sandal by Rebecca Hickox and illustrated by Will Hillenbrand Suggested
The Stone by Dianne Hofmeyr and illustrated by Jude Daly Suggested
Aziz the Storyteller by VI Hughes and illustrated by Stefan Czernecki Suggested
My Father's Shop by Satomi Ichikawa Suggested
A Gift Of The Sands by Julia Johnson and illustrated by Emily Styles Suggested
Goha the Wise Fool by Denys Johnson-Davies and illustrated by Hag Hamdy and Mohamed Fattoug Suggested
Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur! by Margaret Read MacDonald and Ibrahim Muhawi and illustrated by Alik Arzoumanian Suggested
The Hundredth Name by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim and illustrated by Michael Hays Suggested
Aladdin And The Enchanted Lamp by Philip Pullman and illustrated by Sophy Williams Suggested
The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor by James Riordan and illustrated by Shelley Fowles Suggested


Independent Readers

1001 Arabian Nights by Geraldine McCaughrean and illustrated by Rosamund Fowler Recommended
Genies, Meanies, and Magic Rings by Stephen Mitchell and illustrated by Tom Pohrt Recommended
Traveling Man by James Rumford Recommended
Saladin by Diane Stanley Recommended
Arabian Nights Retold and illustrated by Earle Goodenow Recommended
The Arabian Nights by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and Nora A. Smith and illustrated by Maxfield Parrish Recommended
Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights Retold and illustrated by W. Heath Robinson Suggested
The Children's Encyclopedia of Arabia by Mary Beardwood Suggested
Seven Daughters & Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen and Bahija Lovejoy Suggested
Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights by N. J. Dawood and illustrated by William Harvey Suggested
From The Land Of Sheba by Carolyn Han Suggested
Tales of Juha by Salma Khadra Jayyusi Suggested
Arabian Nights and Days by Naguib Mahfouz and translated by Denys Johnson-Davies Suggested
The Akhenaten Adventure by Philip Kerr Suggested
Mosque by David MacAulay Suggested
Abu Jmeel's Daughter and Other Stories by Jamal Sleem Nuweihed and Salma Khadra Jayyusi Suggested
Rachel the Clever and Other Jewish Folktales by Josepha Sherman Suggested
Watermelons, Walnuts and the Wisdom of Allah by Barbara K. Walker and illustrated by Harold Berson Suggested


Young Adult

The Arabian Nights by Richard Francis Burton Recommended
The Arabian Nights by Husain Haddawy Recommended
Arabian Nights II by Husain Haddawy Recommended
The Arabian Nights by Robert Irwin Recommended
Gilgamesh by John Gardner Suggested
Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell Suggested

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