A Perfect Fit: Sizing Up International Cinderella Stories
My project needs copies of 23 different international Cinderella stories.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Martin's classroom raised $337
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
I teach 4th grade at William G. Hibbard Elementary School, located on Chicago’s northwest side. There are over 1,000 students enrolled in grades Pre-K through 6. Over 72% of the student body is Latino with 36.4% of the entire school being ELL. Students at Hibbard represent countries from all over the world, including Assyria, Bosnia, Laos, Liberia, Mexico, Somalia, and Vietnam.
Whether wearing sandals, glass slippers, golden shoes or walking around with bare feet International Cinderellas are extraordinary girls that my students just have to meet. These maidens have lights that shine from within. They possess grace and beauty despite poor fashion. What beacons they are! They illuminate the lives of people whose cruelty makes them dull and ashen.
Cinderellas from around the globe teach us that hard work, self-respect and true love are what we all want and need. Please put their stories into my fourth graders’ hands. I’m sure that learning of these girls’ lives will further encourage my students to read!
Each of my 30 students is an English Language Learner, or ELL. They represent over 6 countries. I am convinced of the transformational properties of using materials that explore cultural diversity to demonstrate people's universal joys and concerns. I hope that these diverse Cinderella stories will fit as perfectly in my students' unique lives as the glass slippers, sandals or golden shoes fit on every Cinderella’s foot. The love of reading and its lingering effects will allow my students to live happily ever after.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Gospel Cinderella Joyce Carol Thomas, David Diaz (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$14.39
1
$14.39
Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays: 5 Funny Plays with Related Writing Activities and Graphic Organizers That Motivate Kids to Explore Plot, Characters, and Settings Joan M. Wolf, J. M. Wolf, Marsha Burgeson Burgeson (Photographer)
• Barnes and Noble
$10.75
1
$10.75
The Turkey Girl: A Zuni Cinderella Retold by Penny Pollock, Ed Young, Ed Young (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$16.19
1
$16.19
Persian Cinderella Shirley Climo, Robert Florczak, Robert Florczak (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Cinderella/That Awful Cinderella Alvin Granowsky, Rhonda Childress, Alvin Grawowsky, Rhonda Childress (Illustrator), Barbara Kiwak (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$5.76
1
$5.76
Walt Disney's Cinderella Adapted by Cynthia Rylant, Mary Blair (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$13.59
1
$13.59
Anklet for a Princess: A Cinderella Story from India Meredith Babeaux Babeaux Brucker, Lila Mehta, Meredith Babeaux Brucker (Editor), You-shan Tang (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$15.25
1
$15.25
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella Paul Fleischman, Julie Paschkis (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$13.56
1
$13.56
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Rough-Face Girl Rafe Martin, David Shannon (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella Susan Lowell, Jane Manning (Illustrator), Jane K. Manning (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
The Gift of the Crocodile: A Cinderella Story Judy Sierra, Reynold Ruffins (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$16.15
1
$16.15
Cinderella Penguin: or, The Little Glass Flipper As Told by Janet Perlman, Janet Perlman (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
1
$5.39
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella Robert D. San Souci, Charles Perrault, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator), J. Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$7.19
1
$7.19
Korean Cinderella Shirley Climo, Ruth Heller (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
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