| Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story Contributor(s): dePaola, Tomie (Author), dePaola, Tomie (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0756930898 ISBN-13: 9780756930899 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $16.36 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: August 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General |
| Dewey: 398.209 |
| Lexile Measure: 660 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9.1" W x 11" (0.90 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 59601 Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hace mucho tiempoaa long time agoathere lived a beautiful young woman named Adelita. So begins the age-old tale of a kind-hearted young woman, her jealous stepmother, two hateful stepsisters, and a young man in search of a wife. The young man, Javier, falls madly in love with beautiful Adelita, but she disappears from his fiesta at midnight, leaving him with only one clue to her hidden identityaa beautiful rebozoa shawl. With the rebozo in place of a glass slipper, this favorite fairy tale takes a delightful twist. Tomie dePaolaas exquisite paintings, filled with the folk art of Mexico, make this a Cinderella story like no other. |