And speaking of Cinderella . . .
Here are some alternatives to the Disney version of the story:
DePaola, Tomie. Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002.
San Souci, Robert D., J. Brian Pinkney, and Charles Perrault. Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1998.
Climo, Shirley, and Ruth Heller. The Egyptian Cinderella. New York: Crowell, 1989.
San Souci, Robert D., J. Brian Pinkney, and Charles Perrault. Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1998.
Meddaugh, Susan. Cinderella's Rat. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
Climo, Shirley, and Ruth Heller. The Egyptian Cinderella. New York: Crowell, 1989.
Louie, Ai-Ling, and Ed Young. Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China. New York: Philomel Books, 1982.