Author/Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
Genre: Multicultural
Age Group: 2nd-3rd
Summary:
Just like the traditional Cinderella story we all have heard about, this book is just like this but called a "Mexican Cinderella Story." Within this book, the author integrated Spanish and English throughout the story. The storyline is the same as Cinderella, a young girl loses her mom and is forced to live with her stepmother because her father passed away right after they got married. The stepmother makes Adelita do everything and her step-siblings do nothing.
One night there is a party her stepmother and stepsiblings are going to but she is not invited. However, she sneaks out anyway and at the party meets Javier. At midnight he confesses his love for her but she has to leave, there is no way they could marry. As she leaves, she leaves behind her glass slipper. Throughout the next few days, Javier is looking for his Cinderella. Once founded they marry and live happily ever after.
I would use this book when talking about fairytales, and how they can be similar and different in other cultures depending on the storyline. I would use this as an opportunity to introduce compare and contrast graphic organizers to my class.
Lower to mid-elementary grade level would be good I think because the book is easy to follow, even with the Spanish because it says it in English as well.
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