Friday, February 12, 2010

New Traditional Literature Books

The Goat-Faced Girl: A Classic Italian Folktale - Leah Marinsky Sharpe
When Isabella, a beautiful but lazy young woman, agrees to marry an equally lazy prince, the sorceress who raised her gives her the head of a goat in hopes that she will learn to do things for herself.

The Gift of the Crocodile: A Cinderella Story - Judy Sierra
In this Indonesian version of the Cinderella story, a girl named Damura escapes her cruel stepmother and stepsister and marries a handsome prince with the help of Grandmother Crocodile.

The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story - Rebecca Hickox
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.

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