Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella, by Jewell Reinhart Coburn.Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella, by Susan Lowell.Bubba, The Cowboy Prince, by Helen Ketteman (fun for a cowboy classroom theme, too).The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story, by Rebecca Hickox.Adelita, A Mexican Cinderella Story, by Tomie DePaola.Cinderella: An Art Deco Love Story, by Lynn Roberts.Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, by Robert San Souci.Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella, by Alan Schroeder.Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China, by Ai-Ling Louie.The Persian Cinderella, by Shirley Climo.Let me give you a list of some of my favorite picture book versions of alternative Cinderellas: A collection of Cinderella stories from all over makes a good starting point. You might also like Eight Cinderellas, a book from critical thinking specialists Pieces of Learning which compares stories from eight different cultures. There are many good reasons for using “Cinderella” in your classroom, not the least of which is that the story turns up all over the world and throughout human history, so it is just about perfect for those cross-cultural literature studies. After various machinations on the parts of the stepsisters, the prince finds and marries Cinderella, and they live happily ever after. The prince, smitten with Cinderella, searches everywhere for the girl whose foot fits the slipper. Cinderella hears the clock strike and runs down the steps of the palace, leaving behind one glass slipper. She dances with the prince and makes a stir, but she has to leave by midnight, when all her finery will turn back into the rags and pumpkins and mice and such that it was magically made from. With the help of a fairy godmother, Cinderella is able to go to the ball in style. A great ball is given by the prince of their country, and the cruel stepmother and sisters attend, but leave Cinderella at home, crying in the ashes. The story tells of a virtuous, hard-working young girl who is mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters and forced to sit among the ashes and do all the housework. It’s a dramatic story with a strong moral. “Cinderella” is one of the best-known and best-loved of all fairy tales, and for good reason.
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