Author/Illustrator: Retold and Illustrated by Rachel Isadora
Plot Summary: A re-telling of a well-know Brothers Grimm tale with an African twist. A king's daughter's are locked in a room but wake up every morning with shoes worn from dancing. The king offers of reward to the man who can figure out this mystery. One man steps forward and finds the secret.
Comments: Funky illustrations give this old tale a new twist. The illustrations lend themselves well to an art project assembling collages from different types of paper and textures.
Extensions:
1. After reading the story and examining the illustrations, the classroom teacher(or art teacher) will provide pieces of scrap wallpaper in varying shapes and sizes for students to assemble in to pictures. They can re-tell part of the story or create something new and different. Ideas from the story would be to make a picture of themselves dancing, a fancy tree, or rowing in a boat over the water.
2. Students in first or second grade will draw or write an alternative ending for the story. What else could have happened to make the princess' shoes wear out? What else could have happened to the man? What if the king hadn't believed him?
3. Great extension ideas on this website including math practice using "12." Some related audio links and other versions of the same tale.
Themes/keywords: Fairy tales, folklore - Germany
Age/Reading Level: K-3; ATOS - 4.1
Standards:
ELAKR6 The student gains meaning from orally presented text.
ELA1R6 The student uses a variety of strategies to understand and gain meaning from grade-level text.
ELA2R4 The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text.
Publisher's Info: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-241450-7
ISBN-10: 0-14-241450-6
Awards/Review Sources:
Wilson's Children 01/01/09 | School Library Journal 12/01/07 |
| Booklist starred 12/15/07 | Horn Book starred 04/01/08 |
| New York Times 11/11/07 | Horn Book 09/01/07 |
| Library Media Connection 11/01/07 |
Genre/Dewey: 398.2
Websites:
Some information about the author from the publisher's website.
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