the egyptian cinderella by shirley climo

So when a falcon swoops down and snatches one of the slippers away, Rhodopis is heartbroken. By Shirley Climo, Ruth Heller, ISBN: 9780690048223, Hardcover. HarperCollins Publishers, 18.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-2-3 The setting may be exotic and the glass slippers may have been replaced by leather ones. HarperCollins, 16.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-06-026763-6 Climos (The Egyptian Cinderella The Irish Cinderlad) adaptation of this Arabian Nights myth offers a capricious twist on the.

Only the beautiful rose-red slippers her master gives her can make Rhodopis smile. She is a slave, from the far-off country of Greece. Poor Rhodopis! She has nothing-no mother or father, and no friends. This Egyptian spin on the classic Cinderella tale was initially recorded in the first century by a Roman historian and is retold here by folklorist Shirley Climo. 'An inventive twist on the classic tale' (Publishers Weekly). Fairy tales, Folklore - Egypt - Juvenile literature, Egypt, Folklore. 4 Total Resources View Text Complexity Discover Like Books.

'A stunning combination of fluent prose and exquisitely wrought illustrations' (School Library Journal). 'A stunning combination of fluent prose and exquisitely wrought illustrations'. About the Book In this version of Cinderella set in Egypt in the sixth century B.C., Rhodopes, a slave girl, eventually comes to be chosen by the Pharaoh to be his queen.

The egyptian cinderella by shirley climo