Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella

Format:	Hardcover
Language:	English
ISBN:	068980668X
ISBN13:	9780689806681
Release Date:	September 1998
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Length:	40 Pages
Weight:	1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:	0.4" x 10.0" x 10.7"
Age Range:	7 to 10 years
Grade Range:	Grades 2 to 5

A Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator team brings us a Caribbean Cinderella story, told from the perspective of the magical godmother.

You may think you already know this story about a beautiful servant girl, a cruel stepmother, a magnificent ball, and a lost slipper. But you've never heard it for true.

Now you can hear the tale from someone who was there: a poor washerwoman from the island of Martinique. She has just one thing in the world to love, her goddaughter Cendrillon. When she finds Cendrillon heartsick over a rich man's son, at first she doesn't know what to do. But she has sharp wits, a strong will, and the magic wand her mother left her--and soon she has a plan to give her dear Cendrillon the gift of a love that will change her life.

Adapted from a traditional Creole story, this fresh retelling captures all the age-old romance and magic of Cinderella, melding it with the vivid beauty of the Caribbean and the musical language of the islands.