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The Korean Cinderella

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: U.S.A HarperCollins Publishers 31 December 1996Description: 48 pages PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780064433976
  • 0064433978
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 398.20/CLI
Summary: 'Climo and Heller conflate several Korean variants of Cinderella to offer up the story of Pear Blossom, a lovely girl who is sorely mistreated by her nasty stepmother and stepsister.... At once comfortingly familiar and intriguingly exotic, the text is especially noteworthy for its instructive but unobtrusive incorporation of Korean words.'--Publishers Weekly. 'Heller's paintings are exotically lush and colorful as well as engaging.... An agreeable retelling of the Cinderella story.' --BL. Notable 1994 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
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Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Junior Library Fiction General Books_Circle Time 398.20CLI 4 Checked out to Sweta Mehta (FET441) Circle Time - Traditional Literature & Fairytales/ Folklore Myths & Legends / Fables 2026-01-07 1501022936
Junior Library Non-fiction PY UOI Junior Library 398.20CLI 2 Available PY-UOI-How We Express Ourselves G-4-Beliefs and Values 1401051152
Junior Library Fairy Tale Traditional Literature 398.20CLI 3 Available TL - Fairytales 1401051151
Junior Library Fairy Tale Traditional Literature 398.20CLI 1 Checked out to Grade 2 Explore (CL2526G2EXP) Traditional Literature-Fairy Tales 2026-02-03 0901023513
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'Climo and Heller conflate several Korean variants of Cinderella to offer up the story of Pear Blossom, a lovely girl who is sorely mistreated by her nasty stepmother and stepsister.... At once comfortingly familiar and intriguingly exotic, the text is especially noteworthy for its instructive but unobtrusive incorporation of Korean words.'--Publishers Weekly. 'Heller's paintings are exotically lush and colorful as well as engaging.... An agreeable retelling of the Cinderella story.' --BL. Notable 1994 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) Read Aloud + PY-UOI + Anthology-Folk Tales + Circle Time

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