Daily Archives: April 3, 2008

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Thirteen Things "Cinderella stories"
1. Ashpet: an Appalachian Tale, retold by Joanne Compton2. Cinder Edna, by Ellen Jackson**3. Cendrillon : A Caribbean Cinderella**4. The Korean Cinderella, by Shirley Climo
5. The Enchanted Anklet: A Cinderella Story from India translated and adapted by Lila Mehta

6. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, by John Steptoe

7. Prince Cinders, by Babette Cole**

8. Sootface: an Ojibwa Cinderella Story, retold by Robert D. San Souci

9. Tam Cam: The Vietnamese Cinderella Story by The Goi**

10. Yeh-Shen, a Cinderella Tale from China, by Ai-Ling Louie

11. Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella**

12. Domitila: A Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Tradition

13. The Way Meat Loves Salt: A Cinderella Tale from the Jewish Tradition; by Nina Jaffe

(There are over 500 versions of the Cinderella story from around the world, the oldest is "Rhodopis" from Egypt,

around 2,000 years ago. The oldest written Cinderella story is "Yeh-Shen" from China, around 850 AD.

** indicates which of the stories are in my collection)

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