Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella
Once upon a time, in Mexico . . . in Ireland . . . in Zimbabwe . . . there lived a girl who worked all day in the rice fields . . . then spent the night by the hearth, sleeping among the cinders.Her name is Ashpet, Sootface, Cendrillon . . . Cinderella. Her story has been passed down the...
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Once upon a time, in Mexico . . . in Ireland . . . in Zimbabwe . . . there lived a girl who worked all day in the rice fields . . . then spent the night by the hearth, sleeping among the cinders.Her name is Ashpet, Sootface, Cendrillon . . . Cinderella. Her story has been passed down the centuries and across continents. Now Paul Fleischman and Julie Paschkis craft its many versions into one hymn to the rich variety and the enduring constants of our cultures.A Junior Library Guild Selection Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780805079531 (080507953X)
Publish date: September 4th 2007
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
What a spectacularly brilliant idea! I adore fairy tales, and also enjoy learning about different cultures, and I got both in this book.I also really appreciated the format. Instead of telling the same story over and over with the different variations, the variations were simply included in that s...
Wish the author had included more detail about the Cinderella style stories that have been sampled.
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