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The Orphan
A Cinderella Story from Greece
By Manna, Anthony L. & Mitakidou, Soula
- ISBN
- 978-0-37586-691-3 978-0-37596-691-0 978-0-37598-500-3
- Publisher
- Schwartz & Wade Random
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2011
K-Gr 3—Simple yet lyrical storytelling combined with Potter's masterful watercolors brings this tale to life. An unnamed girl has been lovingly and tenderly cared for, but "as people say in Greece," "A child becomes an orphan when she loses her mother." A cruel stepmother and spoiled stepsisters make her life a misery, until she is driven to sob out her sto...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2011
Melding and modernizing a couple of traditional versions (as explained in a note), Manna and Mitakidou fashion a lyrical Cinderella variant distinguished by its novel details. The girl known here as "the orphan" seeks help at her mother's grave ("A stranger tries to take your place, / But does not care for me…Oh, Mother, dear Mother, / I beg you, set me free!"). Sure enough, next morning, Mother Nature and he...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Melding and modernizing a couple of traditional versions, Manna and Mitakidou fashion a lyrical Cinderella variant. The girl known here as "t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
