written by Shirley Climo, illustrated by Ruth Heller I didn't like this book. Again, there's something about both the story and illustrations that I don't like. It's really a gut feeling more than something I can actually point to. Though the people in the illustrations are by far the weakest poin...
Genre: Fairy Tale / Folktale / Korea Year Published: 1993 Year Read: 2012 For many years, I have read so many different interpretations of “Cinderella,” but I have never come across a Korean version of this classic tale! “The Korean Cinderella” is a glorious retelling of the classic “Cinderell...
My eight year old niece liked this collection of short stories and folk tales about spiders, declaring "Arachne's Gift" and "How the Spider Got His Waistline" to be the best stories in the group. She read this book on her own, which required some determination on her part, because many of these sto...
5/1/11 ** Getting ready to do a unit on Cinderella with my 4th graders. One of the things that I appreciate about Shirley Climo's retellings is that she cites her historical sources at the end of the book. I appreciated this Cinderella variant because it has such different motifs - a bull's tail, s...
The Egyptian Cinderella is actually a Greek baby stolen by pirates and sold into slavery in Egypt. Shoes are a gift from her master. Rhodopis doesn't go to the ball; a falcon takes her shoe and brings it to the Pharaoh. Author's note includes brief history of this version of the Cinderella tale.
Girl is called Little Pig/Pigling. The women in her life are more cruel than most of the other Cinderella stories. Fairy god mother role - goblin/spirit. Author's note provides brief background on this version of the Cinderella tale. Illustrator's note provides information on the illustrations in t...
Continuing on my Cinderella odyssey - I did not enjoy this quite as much as I enjoyed The Persian Cinderella by the same author - the story wasn't quite as interesting for me and the illustrations aren't even in the same ballpark. I would give this a 3.5, but I have to round up because I think it i...
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