One of my first multiple expressions of religosity was sufism. I was 5 years old and spun round and round on my parent's bed until I collapsed and had a vision.
My first exposure to this tale was in fact a children's storybook hand selected by Danny Kaye for UNICEF.
I next heard it orally from a turkish sufi master, who's gifted Koran, and way of reading the koran I still keep.