CINDERELLA STORIES

Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave

Marianna Mayer

A retelling the old Russian fairy tale in which beautiful Vasilisa uses the help of her doll to escape from the clutches of the witch Baba Yaga, who in turn sets in motion the events which lead to the once ill-treated girl's marrying the czar.

Cendrillon: a Creole Cinderella

Robert San Souci

A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale set in the Caribbean and narrated by the godmother who helps Cindrillon find true love.

Cinder Edna

Ellen Jackson

Cinderella and Cinder Edna, who live with cruel stepmothers and stepsisters, have different approaches to life; and, although each ends up with the prince of her dreams, one is a great deal happier than the other.

Cinderella

Kinuko Craft

Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.

Cinderella

Ruth Sanderson

Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.

Cinderella

Christine San Jose

Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.

Cinderella at the Ball

Margaret Hillert

An easy-to-read retelling of how Cinderella gets to the ball.

Cinderella, or, the Little Glass Slipper

Charles Perrault

In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

Cinderella's Dress

Nancy Willard

Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of two magpies and her fairy godmother.

Cinderella's Rat

Susan Meddaugh

One of the rats that was turned into a coachman by Cinderella's fairy godmother tells his story.

Cinderellis and the Glass Hill

Gail Carson Levine

In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass a nearly impossible test and win the hand of a neighboring princess.

Cinder-Elly

Francis Minters

In this version of the traditional fairy tale, the overworked younger sister gets to go to a basketball game and meets a star player, Prince Charming.

Cinderhazel: The Cinderella of Halloween

Deborah Nourse Lattimore

An untidy witch named Hazel discovers that Prince Alarming likes dirt as much as she does.

Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella

Susan Lowell

Cindy Ellen loses one of her diamond spurs at the square dance in this wild western retelling of the classic Cinderella story.

Domitila: A Cinderella Tale From the Mexican Tradition

Jewell Reinhart Coburn

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.

The Egyptian Cinderella

Shirley Climo

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.

Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz Age Cinderella

Shirley Hughes

In this version of the Cinderella tale set in the 1920s, Ella has two men courting her - the handsome Duke of Arc and Buttons the delivery boy.

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

Rebecca Hickox

Based on a Cinderella story from Iraq called "The Little Red Fish and the Clog of Gold" in Inea Bushnaq's Arab tales.

The Gospel Cinderella

Joyce Carol Thomas

A variation of the traditional Cinderella story set in Southern swamp and with a Great Gospel Convention instead of a ball.

If the Shoe Fits: Voices From Cinderella

Laura Whipple

Thirty-three poems about an old and favorite story.

Jouanah: the Hmong Cinderella

Jewell Reinhart Coburn

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.

Kongi and Potgi: a Cinderella Story From Korea

Oki S. Han

Although Kongi is treated unfairly by her stepmother and stepsister, she proves she is worthy to become the Prince's bride.

Little Gold Star: A Spanish American Cinderella Tale

Robert San Souci

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.

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale

John Steptoe

Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

Raisel's Riddle

Erica Silverman

A Jewish version of the Cinderella story, in which a poor but educated young woman captivates her "Prince Charming" a rabbi's son, at a Purim ball.

Rough Face Girl

Rafe Martin

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.

Smoky Mountain Rose: an Appalachian Cinderella

Alan Schroeder

In this variation of 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 a rich feller on the other side of the creek.

Sootface: An Ojibwa Indian Tale

Robert D. San Souci

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.

Yeh Shen: A Cinderella Story From China

Ai-Ling Louie

A young Chinese girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of the prince.