KDL Recommends

The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story

ISBN: 0823415139

Title: The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story

Author: Rebecca Hickox

KDL Description:

An Iraqi version of the Cinderella story in which a kind and beautiful girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsister finds a husband with the help of a magic fish.

Recommended by Laura at KDL’s Plainfield Township branch

Amazon Description:

An Iraqi version of the Cinderella story. Known in Arabic as “The Red Fish and the Clog of Gold,” this is the story of Maha, a fisherman’s daughter, and her tribulations with her stepmother and stepsister. Maha finds a small red fish in a basket one day. Releasing it back into the water, she is told that no kindness goes unrewarded. The fish becomes her source of help whenever life becomes too difficult.