The earliest-known version of Cinderella is brought to life
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We’re absolutely delighted that Bluebird Reviews has featured Cinderella of the Nile in her round up of fairy tale picture books from around the world over on tripfiction.com! Read more below.
In this earliest-known version of Cinderella, a rosy-cheeked girl called Rhodopis is abducted by bandits from her home in Greece and enslaved in Egypt. Although she finds friends, she remains unhappy, until one day the gift of a pair of beautiful slippers leads her to the King of Egypt.
Beautifully retold by the award-winning author Beverley Naidoo, this earliest-known version of Cinderella is brought to life for the modern- day reader. Rhodopis is a Greek girl who is sold into slavery by bandits and taken to Egypt. Along the way she becomes friends with the storyteller Aesop and a host of playful animals. Her master gives her a pair of beautiful rose-red slippers, making three other servants jealous. But when Horus, the falcon, sweeps in to steal her slipper, Rhodopis has little idea that this act will lead her to the King of Egypt.
The first in our ‘One Story, Many Voices’ series, this ancient story of Cinderella finds its echo in fairy tales all over the world.
- The Telegraph calls Cinderella of the Nile a story of triumph over adversity
- Cinderella of the Nile featured in The Wall Street Journal
- Read a review by Publishers Weekly: Cinderella of the Nile is richly hued and intricately detailed!
- Carnegie and Kate Greenaway chooses Cinderella of the Nile and The Drum to promote diversity!
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