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Bibliographic Information (APA): Author last name, First initial. (Year published). Title in italics. Illus. Illustrator First Name Last Name. City published, State published: Publisher.

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Jouanah A Hmong Cinderella

Bibliographic Information; Cobourn, J. R, & Lee, T. C. (1996). Jouanah A Hmong Cinderella. Illus. Anne Sibley O'Brien. Arcadia, CA: Shen's Books.

Brief Annotation: A Hmong version of Cinderella, Jouanah is left as an orphan. Despite her stepmother's evil scheming ways, she still manages to attend the New Year festivities with the help from her deceased mother's spirit. She meets the town elder's wealthy son who turns her sad life into a new beginning.

Genre: Culturally Diverse Folktale

Grade Level: k-5

Readers who will like this: Anyone who enjoys a happy ending; good over evil!

Response/Rating (1-4): 4, This was a very well written book! All the descriptive details enabled me to imagine every scene as if I were the main character.

One question you would ask before a read aloud: How many of you have heard the story of Cinderella?
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