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• Cinderella of the Nile

  Naidoo, Beverley,

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  In this earliest known version of Cinderella, a rosy-cheeked girl called Rhodopis is abducted from Greece and sold as a slave in Egypt. Her master gives her a pair of beautiful rose-red slippers. But when Horus the Falcon sweeps in to steal her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Adelita

  a Mexican Cinderella Story

  DePaola, Tomie, 1934-2020

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  The story of a beautiful young woman named Adelita who disappears from a fiesta at midnight leaving only one clue behind, a beautiful rebozo (shawl). illustrated by Tomie dePaola.

• Cendrillon

  a Caribbean Cinderella

  San Souci, Robert D.

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  A French Creole tale told by a poor washerwoman on the island of Martinique about her goddaughter, the beautiful servant girl Cendrillon, who is heartsick over a rich man's son. illustrated by Brian Pinkney.

• The Egyptian Cinderella

  Climo, Shirley

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  Beautiful Rhodopis, a slave in an Egyptian household is heartbroken when a falcon steals one of her rode-red slippers and delivers it to the great Pharaoh who promises to find the slipper's owner and make her queen.

• Anklet for a Princess

  a Cinderella Story From India

  Brucker, Meredith Babeaux

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  A Cinderella tale from India about poor, hungry Cinduri Godfather Snake provides food, gold cloth and jewelry for meeting the prince.

• Cinderella

  An Islamic Tale

  Gilani-Williams, Fawzia

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  An islamic tale about the orphan girl Zahra who is left to work for her cruel stepmother and selfish stepsisters until a mysterious old women helps her attend the 'Eid party at the palace. Genre: Fairy tales.

• Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave

  Mayer, Marianna

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  A Russian variant of the Cinderella about the lovely Vasilisa lives works for her stepmother and stepsisters in a forest near the witch Baba Yaga. The brave and clever Vasilisa weaves a cloth so beautiful, the tsar himself seeks out its maker.

• Cinderella

  Stories Around the World : 4 Beloved Tales

  Meister, Cari,

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  This book presents four versions of Cinderella from around the world: the French Cinderella, Rhodopis from Egypt, Yeh-Shen from China, and Little Burnt Face from the Micmac Indians of the Canadian Maritimes.

• Domitila

  a Cinderella Tale From the Mexican Tradition

  Coburn, Jewell Reinhart

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  The young Mexican girl Domitila's hard working and kind nature wins her the love of the governor's son.

• The Korean Cinderella

  Climo, Shirley

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  When her mother dies, the beautiful Pear Blossom's is forced to perform all the chores while her stepsister Peony sits and does nothing.

• The Gift of the Crocodile

  a Cinderella Story

  Sierra, Judy

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  With the help of Grandmother crocodile, Indonesian Damura escapes her life working for her cruel stepmother and stepsister to marry a handsome prince.

• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

  An African Tale

  Steptoe, John, 1950-1989

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  In this African tale, Mufaro whose two equally beautiful daughers, one mean spirited and one kind, go before the king who is choosing a wife.

• The Orphan

  a Cinderella Story From Greece

  Manna, Anthony L.

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  A tale from Greece a mistreated girl manages to catch the prince's attention with the help of Mother Nature.

• Ella's Big Chance

  a Jazz-Age Cinderella

  Hughes, Shirley, 1927-2022

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  This version of the Cinderella story is set in 1920s America. Ella has two men courting her. One is the handsome and wealthy Duke of Arc and one is Buttons, the delivery boy.

• The Rough-face Girl

  Martin, Rafe, 1946-

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  Scarred from worked by the fire, a hard working Algonquin girl living on the shores of Lake Ontario proves her worth to marry the mysterious and powerful invisible being.

• Jouanah

  a Hmong Cinderella

  Coburn, Jewell Reinhart

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  The tale of Jouanah, a young Hmong girl who overcomes hardship and finds happiness with the help of her dead mother's spirit and a pair of special sandals.

• Little Gold Star

  a Spanish American Cinderella Tale

  San Souci, Robert D.

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  A Spanish American retelling of the story of a kind girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters but rescued from her difficult life with the help of the Virgin Mary.

• Smoky Mountain Rose

  An Appalachian Cinderella

  Schroeder, Alan

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  Set in the Appalachian Mountains, this tale is about the young woman Rose who loses her glass slipper at a party given by a rich feller on the other side of the creek.

• The Turkey Girl

  a Zuni Cinderella Story

  Pollock, Penny

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  In this Zuni Indian version of Cinderella, turkeys make a gown of feathers for the poor hardworking girl who takes care of them so she can participate in a sacred dance.

• The Way Meat Loves Salt

  a Cinderella Tale From the Jewish Tradition

  Jaffe, Nina

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  In this Jewish version of the Cinderella story, the daughter of a rabbi is helped by the prophet Elijah to meet the son of a renowned scholar.