Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella: A Worldwide Cinderella

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Hardcover
Author: Paul Fleischman
Illustrator: Julie Paschkis
Publisher: Henry Holt
Publish Date: September 2007
Language: English
Reading Level: 4.4
EAN: 9780805079531

Overview

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.

Details

Pages: 32
Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 0.4 in
Lexile Score: 700
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN: 080507953X

Awards

2010 Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee (Nonfiction)
2010 Monarch Award - Nominee (Grades K-3)
2009 Red Clover Award - Nominee (Picture Book)