Friday, October 13, 2017

The Golden Sandal by Rebecca Hickox illustrated by Will Hillenbrand*

Maha, who lives in Iraq with her fisherman father, longs to have a mother after her own mother dies.  Eventually her father remarries and the stepmother and stepdaughter, of course, treat her cruelly.  When Maha rescues a talking red fish from being eaten, the fish promises to help her whenever she needs assistance.  Years later he provides her the opportunity to attend a bride's henna which sets up a series of events leading to her future husband.
I loved all of the cultural aspects integrated into this story.
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.
Strategies: text to text connections, compare/contrast
Teaching idea: Have students read a variety of cultural Cinderella stories and compare them.

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