Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China

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G. P. Putnam's Sons

Annotation: A young Chinese girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince. Beautiful color illustrations by Ed Young.

Genre: [Fairy tales]

Reviews: 2

Catalog Number: #336802

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Common Core/STEAM: Common Core

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons

Edition Date: 1996 Release Date: 05/07/96

Illustrator: Young, Ed,

Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)

ISBN: Publisher: 0-698-11388-8 Perma-Bound: 0-8479-0449-0

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-698-11388-6 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8479-0449-5

Dewey: 398.2

LCCN: 80011745

Dimensions: 26 cm.

Subject Heading:
Folklore. China.
China. Fiction.

Language: English

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Word Count: 1,909

Reading Level: 5.1

Interest Level: 2-5

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.1 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 6300 / grade: Lower Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.6 / points:2.0 / quiz:Q12891

Lexile: AD950L

Guided Reading Level: P

Told with beauty and grace, this Cinderella story from Ai-Ling Louie is brought vividly to life by Caldecott Medal-winner Ed Young’s soft, glowing illustrations.

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 spirit. When Ye-Shen is forbidden to attend the annual spring Festival, the spirit grants her a gown of azure blue and delicate golden slippers. That night, everyone marvels at the beautiful, mysterious young woman at the ball.

“Misty, jewel-like illustrations evoke the mythic past in this Chinese Cinderella story.” —Publishers Weekly

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