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Manna, Anthony L. , Mitakidou, Soula

The Orphan: A Cinderella Story from Greece

40 pp. | Random/Schwartz & Wade | October, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-86691-3 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-96691-0 $19.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Giselle Potter. Melding and modernizing a couple of traditional versions, Manna and Mitakidou fashion a lyrical Cinderella variant. The girl known here as "the orphan" seeks help at her mother's grave. Mother Nature and her children bring the girl gifts, including "delicate blue shoes." Potter grounds the action with figures whose faces convey universal emotions, their expressive body language arrayed on minimal, richly hued backgrounds.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2011

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