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  Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China
  Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China, Softcover, English


 
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Yeh Shen - The Chinese version of Cinderella

This Chinese folk tale with European Cinderella elements can be traced to 850AD, many centuries before the Grimm version.

Yeh Shen is a kindhearted and wise orphan.  Her kindness to a magical fish opens new opportunities for a better life.


Beautiful drawings by Ed Young make this book an excellent addition to your Cinderella collection.



Note for Educators:  Free Lesson Plan - Comparative discussion of Yeh-Shen vis-a-vis Cinderella


What customers say about Yeh Shen:

"  The glass slippered Cinderella has a worthy cultural counterpart. 
My teenage daughter read the book out of curiosity, and had a good chuckle when the antagonists received their just reward at the end."
-  Tina Matsunaga, WY

"My daughter loves this story, and we have a video (animated) of it that she adores. Cinderella is one of her all-time favorite stories, and she is thrilled to have a Chinese Cinderella story to share with her friends.
-  Bonny Ward


Our Price: $6.99

Language: English
Media: Book
ISDN 10: 0-698-11388-8
ISDN 13: 9-780698-113886

Stock Status:In Stock

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Product Code: E0224

Description Reviews
 

Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China Ai-Ling Louie and Illustrated by Ed Young.

This may be the original Cinderella Story and is in both English and Traditional Chinese Characters.

Half-starved and overworked by her stepmother, Yeh-Shen's only friend is a fish with golden eyes.  When the stepmother kills the fish for dinner, poor Yeh-Shen is left with only the bones.  But the bones are filled with a powerful MAGICAL spirit.  When Yeh-Shen is forbidden to attend the annual spring Festival, the spirit gives her a gown of azure blue and delicate golden slippers.  That night, everyone marvels at the beautiful, mysterious young woman at the ball and the King falls in love with her...

Yeh-Shen also has the original story in Traditional Chinese Characters. This Chinese Cinderella story dates from the T'ang Dynasty of 618-907 AD, and a version can be traced back to 9 BC.  The oldest European version of Cinderella in an Italian tale dates from 1634.  Very well done. Wonderful illustrations that capture the mood beautifully.

Ed Young has illustrated a number of Chinese Children Stories including Voices of the Heart and Lon Po.  He was born in Tientsin, China and learned to read and write Chinese as a child.  He has illustrated 70 children books and written 15 of them.  Ed Young teaches Tai Chi Chuan in Westchester, New York, where he lives with his wife and daughter.
 
Awards:
  • a School Library Best Book of the Year,
  • An ALA notable Book
  • An IRA-CBC Children's Choice Book

Review:

"Misty, jewel-like illustrations evoke the mythic past in this Chinese Cinderella story."  - Publishers Weekly
 
Lesson Plan:


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