Reviews

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella: A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman

hldillon's review

5.0

This combination of Cinderellas from all around the world is a good read. I found it fascinating how the different tales of Cinderella were combined into one with all of the classic Cinderella parts.

a_manning11's review

3.0

This book tells the story of Cinderella by taking lines from version told all around the world. Each page shows the country of origin, and the illustrations feature elements from that country, like clothing, food etc. This is a great way of showing how varied the narrations are, and yet they all tell the same story. I didn't feel like it was the smoothest retelling, but that is not the point.

Illustrated by Julie Paschkis.

mrsbond's review

4.0

Wish the author had included more detail about the Cinderella style stories that have been sampled.

littlebookjockey's review

5.0

This is a very interesting take on the Cinderella story! I applaud the illustrator for all the research she must have done to get the artwork for the different cultures right, while still staying true to her own style.

erinlynn1989's review

5.0

So I had to read this to second graders, and it is a really cute book. It tells the story of Cinderella, but it is told through many different cultural perspectives, and the art reflects each culture.

cahamsher's review

4.0

Genre: Traditional Literature
Grade: K-5

This was a unique, interesting way to read the Cinderella story. I appreciated how it wove different cultures and their versions into one story. The illustrations are really important in the background and following which culture the line is coming from. I loved the quote from the author in the author's note, "A chameleon changes color to match its surroundings. Stories do the same."

veritas19's review

4.0

I loved this retelling of the Cinderella story. The paintings were spectacular! Each page was a rainbow of color and activity. Julie Paschkis created paintings that reflected every country with their native clothing, animals, food and symbols. It was very helpful for each country to be color coded and labeled with the country being represented. Cinderella’s mother died and she needed a new mother. She saw widow and begged her father to marry her. He did as she wished but the stepmother was awful to her. She starved her, kicked her out of her room, gave her beautiful clothes to her lazy daughters and made her do all of the housework. Then the son of the prince/headman/chief needed a bride and a ball was thrown for the son to meet all of the eligible women. Cinderella couldn’t go because she had too much work to do. Animals and a fairy helped her clean and got her ready. She went to the ball and the son fell in love with her instantly. She had to leave at midnight but left behind one of her shoes. The prince didn’t know her name so he traveled far and wide to find who owned the shoe. In the end, Cinderella was found and the prince married her. The story is a very familiar one but I really enjoyed reading about all of the different versions of how it happened. Folktales are really universal and this story is one that proves that over and over again.

ubalstecha's review

The mishmash of the various Cinderella tales for cultures from around the world does not work as well as the author hoped. Makes it a confusing, and at times frustrating, story.

lib_07's review

4.0

A very interesting way to be introduced to the other Cinderella stories in the world. Love how Fleischman and Paschkis blended the stories and pictures together from all over the world.

ladysmijubug2's review

fast-paced

4.0