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Great book to expose kids to cultureReviewed by Zaneta D. Padilla, 2010-02-01
This book has great artwork and it's neat to read through it and see cultural differences and similarities. I think I'm more interested in it than my 3 year old, but it's a great way to explore different cultures by a classic story of Cinderella that we all know and love
A wondrous taleReviewed by L. Waas, 2009-11-19
I loved it! The author and illustrator were able to blend the world's stories into a coherent whole. It is beautiful and it reminds us that we are all connected, even in our tales. I almost wanted to ask you to enter it in your listing of adult books along with the many children's books that appeal to adults.
nice try...Reviewed by greatedcorn, 2008-05-01
this is the cinderella story, but each section of the story is taken from a different telling of cinderella from around the world. the idea's nice... but i don't think it worked out. instead of it being the story of cinderella it was a book saying that more than one country had the cinderella story... which is nice, but i'd prefer to have each of those stories told to me instead of having them all smushed together not being true to any of the stories but just delivering the general message they all share. each cinderella story is similar, but the story from each country does differ and therefore the stories are somewhat different, as each is being told through the eyes of a different culture and therefore places importance on different things. To me it feels like this story is trying to say 'we're all the same, all exactly the same' but i disagree with that, we're all different, and that's wonderful... so lets joyfully experience the difference instead of trying to make us all the same. needless to say i would have preferred a compilation of stories rather than smushing them all together and doing justice to none of them. i truly dislike this cardboard sense of multiculturalism and hope this author doesn't get his hands on any more like material.
A great messageReviewed by M. Galamb, 2008-02-08
One of my graduate school instructors recommended this book to my classmates and I as future educators. I thought that it was a beautiful book, wonderfully illustrated, and contains a positive message about global mentality and unity. While the story remains similar to the popular Disney version, it is an excellent tool to show children how such a story can be represented in all parts of the world. I loved it, and definitely look forward to reading it to my students and own children some day.
Glass Slipper, Golden Sandal: A worldwide CinderellaReviewed by Barbara Sacharow, 2007-10-22
This is a hodgepodge book, with each page representing a different culture but the storyline changes with each culture so there really isn't a story line that's followable. Most children would find this very confusing. An interesting idea that just doesn't work.
