The Korean Cinderella: A Magical Picture Book About Pear Blossom and the Togkabis for Children (Ages 4-8)

The Korean Cinderella: A Magical Picture Book About Pear Blossom and the Togkabis for Children (Ages 4-8)

€˜Climo and Heller conflate several Korean variants of Cinderella to offer up the story of Pear Blossom, a lovely girl who is sorely mistreated by her nasty stepmother and stepsister.€¦ At once comfortingly familiar and intriguingly exotic, the text is especially noteworthy for its instructive but unobtrusive incorporation of Korean words.€€"Publishers Weekly. €˜Heller€s paintings are exotically lush and colorful as well as engaging.€¦ An agreeable retelling of the Cinderella story.€ €"BL.<br /> <p> <awards> Notable 1994 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)</awards>