Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella
A Worldwide Cinderella
Julie Paschkis
(Illustrator)
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Description
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.
Product Details
| Publisher | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) |
| Publish Date | September 04, 2007 |
| Pages | 32 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Hardback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780805079531 |
| Dimensions | 285.8 X 8.9 X 8.9 mm | 0.8 pounds |
About the Author
Paul Fleischman won a Newbery Medal for Joyful Noise and a Newbery Honor for Graven Images. He is also the author of young adult novels including Whirligig and The Mind's Eye, and middle-grade novels including Bull Run and Seedfolks. He lives with his wife in northern California.
Julie Paschkis is a painter and award-winning illustrator of many books for children, including Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People, Building on Nature: The Life of Antoni Gaudi, and Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella. A love of pattern and of folk art shows in all her work. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
Reviews
“Endings don’t get any happier than in this global tour de force.” —School Library Journal, starred review
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