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Little Gold Star: A Spanish American Cinderella Tale

10 best books like Little Gold Star: A Spanish American Cinderella Tale (Robert D. San Souci): Sulwe, Cinderella, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, The Rough-Face Girl, Alma and How She Got Her Name, The Egyptian Cinderella, The Persian Cinderella, Mother Bruce, Hello Lighthouse, The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story

Sulwe
AuthorLupita Nyong’o
From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colorism, self-esteem, and learning that true beauty comes from within.

Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school....
Cinderella
AuthorKinuko Y. Craft
ISBN1587170051
This brilliant edition of a timeless story is sure to become the favorite of a generation. Readers young and old will be enchanted by the vision and mastery of Kinuko Y. Craft's luminous paintings, inspired by the lavish artwork of late seventeenth-century France and embellished with extraordinary...
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
AuthorJohn Steptoe
ISBN0688040454
A Caldecott Honor and Reading Rainbow book, this memorable retelling of Cinderella is perfect for introducing children to the fairy tale as well as the history, culture, and geography of the African nation of Zimbabwe.

Inspired by a traditional African folktale, this is the story of Mufaro,...
The Rough-Face Girl
AuthorRafe Martin
ISBN0698116267
This moving adaptation of the classic children's story Cinderella tells how a disfigured Algonquin girl wins the heart of a mysterious being who lives by the lake near her village.

The powerful Invisible Being is looking for a wife, and all the girls in the village vie for his affections. But...
Alma and How She Got Her Name
AuthorJuana Martinez-Neal
ISBN0763693553
What's in a name? For one little girl, her very long name tells the vibrant story of where she came from — and who she may one day be.

If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for...
The Egyptian Cinderella
AuthorShirley Climo
ISBN0064432793
"Climo has woven this ancient tale, a mixture of fact and myth, with clarity and eloquence. The beauty of the language is set off to perfection by Heller's arresting illustrations. A stunning combination of fluent prose and exquisitely wrought illustrations that makes] a winner for story hours, as...
The Persian Cinderella
AuthorShirley Climo
ISBN0064438538
"A luminescent interpretation. Meticulously researched illustrations faithfully depict the ornate beauty of an ancient land" (Kirkus Reviews).

In this jewel-like version of a classic story, popular folklorist Shirley Climo tells the tale of Settareh, the Persian Cinderella.

Magic...
Mother Bruce
AuthorRyan T. Higgins
ISBN1484730887
To see this review and others please visit www.readrantrockandroll.com

Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins is a children's book about a bear who loves to eat eggs and keep to himself. He's sort of a grump and doesn't seem to like anybody or anything, except for eggs. He enjoys heading out to find eggs...
Hello Lighthouse
AuthorSophie Blackall
ISBN0316362387
On the highest rock of a tiny island
at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse.
It is built to last forever. Sending its light out to sea.
The fog rolls in, and the fog rolls out.
The waves rise and crash. The wind blows and blows...
This beautiful picture book caught my eye on the Goodreads...
The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story
AuthorRebecca Hickox Ayres
ISBN0823415139
Poor Maha! Her jealous stepmother makes her do all the housework while her selfish stepsister lazes about.

Since Maha's father is away fishing most of the time, there is no one to help or comfort her. All that begins to change when Maha finds a magical red fish. In return for sparing his life, the...
The Irish Cinderlad
AuthorShirley Climo
ISBN0064435776
Ever since he was a baby, Becan's only worry has been his big feet - until his widowed father remarries. His new stepmother and her three daughters feed him crusts of bread and banish him to work in the fields. So Becan runs away.
With the help of his only friend, a magical bull, he defeats a giant, slays...
The Orphan: A Cinderella Story from Greece
AuthorAnthony Manna
ISBN0375866914
Once upon a time in Greece, fate left a young girl an orphan. Her stepmother was so hateful that she counted every drop of water the orphan drank! But with the help of Nature's blessings, the orphan was showered with gifts: brilliance from the Sun, beauty from the Moon, gracefulness from the Dawn—and...
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story
AuthorTomie dePaola
ISBN0142401870
Hace mucho tiempo?a long time ago?there lived a beautiful young woman named Adelita. So begins the age-old tale of a kind-hearted young woman, her jealous stepmother, two hateful stepsisters, and a young man in search of a wife. The young man, Javier, falls madly in love with beautiful Adelita, but...
The Turkey Girl : a Zuni Cinderella story
AuthorPenny Pollock
ISBN0316713147
I CANNOT take this book seriously.

As a Native American version, there is this element of quiet, dignified, solemnity inherent in the story. So as I'm reading this to my kids, I sort of blew the mood when the otherwise normal farmyard turkeys unexpectedly started talking:

'Willingly,...
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella
AuthorPaul Fleischman
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...
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China
AuthorAi-Ling Louie
I have read many different interpretations of the classic “Cinderella” story. But imagine my delight when I find out that there was a “Cinderella” story that comes from China called “Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China,” which was retold by Ai-Ling Louie along with illustrations...
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