Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella (2007)

combines many countries' versions of Cinderella into one fluid text

This book beautifully illustrates how the classic story of Cinderella is told throughout the world in different fashions. The familiar story is retold, but with many different details that are true to different countries. The cooresponding country is written next to each detail that make up the story. This story is extremely creative and shows how folklore has reached people all across the world. ( )

A wonderful book to use with middle-upper elementary students to open up a conversation about cultures around the world. ( )

This book is like a chameleon... it changes slightly, and may look a bit different from page to page, but the story stays the same. It tells the story of a Cinderella character, but changes slightly to page to page to show the different versians of Cinderella. Foe example, in France she looses a glass slipper, but in India it is a diamond anklet, and in Iraq it is a golden slipper. The images associated with each country make the background representing the diffferent aspects of the area.

This is a very good book to use when talking about cultural differences, but that underneath it all, the human story stays the same. ( )

Nominated 2008-2009 ( )