Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella

A Worldwide Cinderella

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ISBN10: 080507953X
ISBN13: 9780805079531

Hardcover

32 Pages

$19.99

CA$26.99

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A Junior Library Guild Selection

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.

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

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Praise for Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella

"Endings don't get any happier than in this global tour de force."—School Library Journal, starred review

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About the author

Paul Fleischman; illustrations by Julie Paschkis

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 won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor for Yellow Elephant. She lives in Seattle.