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.
A Junior Library Guild Sele
內容簡介:
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. A Junior Library Guild Selection
關於作者:
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.