Fairy Tale Bibliography

Climo, Shirley. The Egyptian Cinderella. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperCollins, 1992, c1989.
In this version of Cinderella set in Egypt in the sixth century B.C., Rhodopes, a slave girl, eventually comes to be chosen by the Pharaoh to be his queen.

Climo, Shirley. The Korean Cinderella. [New York] : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1993.
In this version of Cinderella set in ancient Korea, Pear Blossom, a stepchild, eventually comes to be chosen by the magistrate to be his wife.

Climo, Shirley. The Persian Cinderella. [New York] : HarperCollins, c1999.
A retelling of the traditional Persian tale in which Settareh, neglected and abused by her stepmother and stepsisters, finds her life transformed with the help of a little blue jug.

Coburn, Jewell Reinhart. Angkat : the Cambodian Cinderella. 1st ed. Auburn, Calif. : Shen's Books, c1998.
A Cambodian version of Cinderella in which a poor girl marries a prince, is killed by her jealous stepfamily, and then, through her virtue, returns to become queen.

Coburn, Jewell Reinhart. Domitila : a Cinderella tale from the Mexican tradition. Auburn, Calif. : Shen's Books, c2000.
By following her mother's admonition to perform every task with care and love, a poor young Mexican girl wins the devotion of the governor's son.

Coburn, Jewell Reinhart. Jouanah : a Hmong Cinderella. 1st ed. Arcadia, CA : Shen's Books, c1996.
Despite a cruel stepmother's schemes, Jouanah, a young Hmong girl, finds true love and happiness with the aid of her dead mother's spirit and a pair of special sandals.

Compton, Joanne. Ashpet : an Appalachian tale. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c1994.
In this Appalachian variant of the Cinderella tale, old Granny helps Ashpet attend the church picnic where she charms Doc Ellison's son but loses one of her fancy red shoes.

De La Paz, Myrna J. Abadeha : the Philippine Cinderella. Auburn, CA : Shen's Books, c2001.
In this version of Cinderella, set in the Philippines, Abadeha endures abuse by her stepmother before being helped by the Spirit of the Forest and becoming the bride of the island chieftan's son.

De Paola, Tomie. Adelita : a Mexican Cinderella story. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2002.
After the death of her mother and father, Adelita is badly mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters until she finds her own true love at a grand fiesta.

Fleischman, Paul. Glass slipper, gold sandal : a worldwide Cinderella. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2007.
The author draws from a variety of folk traditions to put together this version of Cinderella, including elements from Mexico, Iran, Korea, Russia, Appalachia, and more.

Hickox, Rebecca. The golden sandal : a Middle Eastern Cinderella story. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c1998.
An Iraqi version of the Cinderella story in which a kind and beautiful girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsister finds a husband with the help of a magic fish.

Hillert, Margaret. Cinderella at the ball. Chicago, : Follett Pub. Co., [1970].
An easy-to-read retelling of how Cinderella gets to the ball.

Karlin, Barbara. Cinderella. 1st ed. Boston : Little Brown, c1989.
In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

Louie, Ai-Ling. Yeh-Shen : a Cinderella story from China. New York : Putnam & Grosset, 1996.
A young Chinese girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince.

Martin, Rafe, 1946-. The rough-face girl. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1992.
In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being.

Minters, Frances. Cinder-Elly. New York : Puffin, 1997, c1994.
In this rap version of the traditional fairy tale, the overworked younger sister gets to go to a basketball game and meets a star player, Prince Charming.

Fink, Joanne, 1954-. Cinderella. Morristown, N.J. : Silver Burdett Co., 1986, c1985.
In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

Jeffers, Susan. Cinderella. 1st ed. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1985.
In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Cinderella. Mahwah, N.J. : Troll Associates, c1979.
In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper. 2nd Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1988, 1954.
Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper in her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect won the 1955 Caldecott medal.

Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1954.
In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

Pollock, Penny. The Turkey Girl : a Zuni Cinderella story. 1st ed. Boston : Little, Brown, c1996.
In this Native-American variant of a familiar story, some turkeys make a gown of feathers for the poor girl who tends them so that she can participate in a sacred dance, but they desert her when she fails to return as promised.

San Souci, Robert D. Cendrillon : a Caribbean Cinderella. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1998.
A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale set in the Caribbean and narrated by the godmother who helps Cendrillon find true love.

San Souci, Robert D. Cinderella Skeleton. 1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt, c2000.
A rhyming retelling of the story of a young woman who finds her prince at a Halloween ball despite the efforts of her wicked stepmother. The main characters are skeletons.

San Souci, Robert D. Little gold star : a Spanish American Cinderella tale. New York : HarperCollins, c2000.
A Spanish American retelling of the familiar story of a kind girl who is mistreated by her jealous stepmother and stepsisters. In this version, the Virgin Mary replaces the traditional fairy godmother.

Schroeder, Alan. Smoky Mountain Rose : an Appalachian Cinderella. 1st ed. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1997.
In this variation on the Cinderella story, based on the Charles Perrault version but set in the Smoky Mountains, Rose loses her glass slipper at a party given by the rich feller on the other side of the creek.

Silverman, Erica. Raisel's riddle. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
A Jewish version of the Cinderella story, in which a poor but educated young women captivates her "Prince Charming" a rabbi's son, at a Purim ball.

Takayama, Sandi. Sumorella : a Hawai?i Cinderella story. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bess Press, c1997.
A boy gets help from a magical friend to compete in a sumo wrestling exhibition in this Hawaiian version of Cinderella.

San Souci, Robert D. Sootface : an Ojibwa Cinderella story. New York : Doubleday Books for Young Readers, c1994.
Although she is mocked and mistreated by her two older sisters, an Indian maiden wins a mighty invisible warrior for her husband with her kind and honest heart.

Child, Lauren. Who's afraid of the big bad book? 1st U.S. ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2003, c2002.
A boy who loves books but has not always treated them well falls asleep and finds himself in his book of fairy tales, where his interaction with everyone from Goldilocks to Cinderella wreaks havoc.

Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Dinorella : a prehistoric fairy tale. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c1997.
In this story, loosely based on that of Cinderella but featuring dinosaurs, the Duke falls in love with Dinorella when she rescues him from the dreaded deinonychus at the Dinosaur Dance.

Jackson, Ellen B., 1943-. Cinder Edna. New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, c1994.
Cinderella and Cinder Edna, who live next door to each other, each with a cruel stepmother and stepsisters, have different approaches to life. Although both end up with the princes of their dreams, one is a great deal happier than the other.

Ketteman, Helen. Bubba the cowboy prince : a fractured Texas tale. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 1997.
Loosely based on "Cinderella," this story is set in Texas, the fairy godmother is a cow, and the hero, named Bubba, is the stepson of a wicked rancher.

Lowell, Susan, 1950-. Cindy Ellen : a wild western Cinderella. 1st ed. [New York] : HarperCollins, c2000.
Cindy Ellen loses one of her diamond spurs at the square dance in this wild western retelling of the classic Cinderella story.

Mitchell, Marianne, 1947-. Joe Cinders. 1st ed. New York : Holt, 2002.
With a "Hot diggety-dog!" and a wave of his white sombrero, cowboy Joe Cinders gets the girl in this Southwestern retelling of the Cinderella story.

Perlman, Janet, 1954-. Cinderella Penguin, or, The little glass flipper. New York : Puffin, 1995, c1992.
A retelling of the classic Cinderella story with penguins as the characters.

Thaler, Mike, 1936-. Cinderella Bigfoot. New York : Scholastic, c1997.
In this humorous retelling of the traditional fairy tale, Cinderella loses a large glass sneaker while fleeing the royal palace at the stroke of midnight.

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Just Ella. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1999.
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Just Ella. 1st Aladdin paperback ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks., 2001, c1999.
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.

Levine, Gail Carson. Ella enchanted. New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1997.
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

Levine, Gail Carson. Ella enchanted. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : HarperTrophy, 1998, c1997.
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.

Cinderella. Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1992.
Presents versions of the Cinderella story which represent many cultures, geographical areas, and styles. Includes information about the tales, related activities, and resources.

Barchers, Suzanne I. Readers theatre for beginning readers. Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1993.
Belling the cat (Greek) -- Jack and the beanstalk (English) -- The lion and the mouse (Greek) -- The old woman and her pig (English) -- The three billy goats gruff (Scandinavian) -- The three little pigs (English) -- The tortoise and the hare (Greek) -- Baba Yaga (Russian) -- The Bremen town musicians (German) -- The half chick (Spanish) -- Little Red Riding Hood (German) -- Cinderella (French) -- The emperor's new clothes (Danish) -- Henny Penny (English). More than 20 folktales and fables from around the world have been made into readers' theater scripts for first to third graders.