Sleeping Beauty: An Islamic Tale by Fawzia Gilani, illustrated by Jacqui Davis. PICTURE BOOK. The Islamic Foundation, 2018. $14. 9780860375975
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The evil alim is angry that he wasn’t invited to the blessing of the new princess so her curses her to die. He takes his vengeance when she is older, poisoning the girl. Her childhood friend must undertake the Hajj for the blessing of Allah to cure Zaynab.
Gilani really has come into her own in her latest of her retold fairy tales. Its as if she has decided to add the maximum Muslim details into the story, raising it above a mere retelling. This really is the richest of the three. I wouldn’t hesitate to add this to a fairy tale collection.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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