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Title: Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie, Ed Young ISBN: 0-698-11388-8 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: May, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Not appropriate for young children
Comment: I am very enthusiastic about exposing my children to different cultures and ideas, and when I saw this book and read the reviews on Amazon, I was excited to get it for my girls. When the book arrived, I read it immediately. The story and the pictures are beautiful. I liked everything until the very last sentence of the book -- I was very surprised to read that Yeh-Shen's stepmother and stepsister were "crushed to death in a shower of flying stones." Although I understand that this may be part of the original story, I am giving this book one star because it is supposed to be appropriate for children 4-8. I don't believe, with such a violent and disturbing ending, that it is appropriate for this age group.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book
Comment: I think this book is very,very good. It was a great book about China also a good book for childrens around the world. This book is about a girl named Yeh-Shen that was a orpahan. She had to work for her stepmother and her stepsister. Yeh-Shen had a fish that she did not know that it was magic fish. The fish's name is goldeyes. Yeh-Shen stepsister found out that Yeh-Shen had a friend that was a fish. The stepsister want and told her mother. The stepmother told Yeh-Shen to get some wood from the far side of the land. At the end of the story Yeh-Shen married the king.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best versions of Cinderella
Comment: In almost every culture, parents tell children a story that resembles the European Cinderella. Scholars have collected more than 500 versions of the story. In the past couple of decades a lot of these multicultural variations on Cinderella have been turned into children's picture books. The familiar story gives kids a great introduction to people of the world. Several of these books are very good, but two are exceptional. One is John Steptoe's "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters," an African version of the story. The other is this one.
"Yeh-Shen," a Chinese version of the tale almost a thousand years older than the earliest known European version, contains many familiar details - a poor over-worked girl, a wicked stepmother and stepsister, a magical helper, a king in search of a wife, and a lost shoe. But while Cinderella is simply handed gifts from her fairy godmother, Yeh-Shen earns her wishes through kindness to a magic fish. This one change makes a big difference in the ethical tone of the book. It also makes the reader feel much more sympathetic toward Yeh-Shen, who seems to deserve every bit of good fortune she gets.
The illustrations greatly add to the book's charm. Ed Young's style is striking and unique. There's a misty, ethereal quality to his art that makes everything look as if it were taking place in a dream - which is just perfect for the book.
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Title: The Irish Cinderlad by Shirley Climo, Loretta Krupinski ISBN: 0064435776 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 29 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story by Rebecca Hickox, Will Hillenbrand ISBN: 0823415139 Publisher: Holiday House Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin, David Shannon ISBN: 0698116267 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo, Ruth Heller ISBN: 0064432793 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: February, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Korean Cinderella by Shirley Climo, Ruth Heller ISBN: 0064433978 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 29 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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