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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.
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Product Details
| Publisher | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) |
| ISBN | 080507953X |
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| Creator | Julie Paschkis |
| Author | Paul Fleischman |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Label | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) |
| Dewey Decimal Number | 398.2 |
| Studio | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) |
| EAN | 9780805079531 |
| Number Of Pages | 32 |
| Title | Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella |
| Reading Level | All Ages |
| Release Date | 2007-09-04 |
| Publication Date | 2007-09-04 |
| Manufacturer | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) |
Customer Reviews
Confusing hodgepodge of Cinderella stories from around the worldReview by z hayes, 2010-05-18
This book does not really compile stories of the various Cinderella versions around the world. The author has basically weaved together short excerpts taken from the various traditions and blended them together to form a narrative about Cinderella. Each short excerpt/story which is weaved into the main story is insufficient in allowing readers to gain any measure of insight into a particular tradition (even though it is stated which culture/country the particular excerpt is taken from).
I did not find this book to be an interesting or illuminating read. Instead, I would recommend readers searching for the various re-tellings of Cinderella stories across cultures to look up these stories individually:
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella
Adelita
The Persian Cinderella
The Turkey Girl: A Zuni Cinderella Story
The Egyptian Cinderella
The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story
The Korean Cinderella (Trophy Picture Books)
There are many more titles to be read and each is rich in cultural descriptions and uniquely illustrated. I certainly found reading these titles to be a more rewarding and pleasurable read than this particular compilation.
wonderful retelling of the classic story
Review by Madelynne A. Johnson, 2010-03-26
Everyone, everywhere, loves the classic fairytale "Cinderella." The idea to include versions from many cultures around the world in the retelling is very clever and the beautiful illustrations carry-out the idea perfectly.
Great book to expose kids to culture
Review 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 tale
Review 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...
Review by elfdart, 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.
