Thursday, July 10, 2014

Author #118: Round the world with Cinderella and Paul Fleischman

Paul Fleischman brings the Cinderella story to new heights in Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal with illustrations by Julie Paschkis.  This delightful version features snippets of the Cinderella story from different countries including China, Indonesia, Ireland and Zimbabwe plus many others.  Along with the main illustrations there are intricate backgrounds such as the one featured on the front cover and hidden in the backgrounds are the names of the countries for the snippet and main picture on a particular page.  Some pages are broken into bands with multiple countries featured such as a page with parts of the story from Russia, Iran and India.  It's a whimsical telling of a popular fairy tale with great illustrations.

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