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The Korean Cinderella

In this version of Cinderella set in ancient Korea, Pear Blossom, a stepchild, eventually comes to be chosen by the magistrate to be his wife.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Climo, Shirley, Heller, Ruth, 1924- (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1993.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Fairy tales > Juvenile fiction. Folklore > Korea > Juvenile nonfiction. Cinderella (Tale) > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	In this version of Cinderella set in ancient Korea, Pear Blossom, a stepchild, eventually comes to be chosen by the magistrate to be his wife.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:	006020432X : 9780060204327 0060204338 (lib. bdg.) 9780060204334 (lib. bdg.) 0064433978 (pap.) 9780064433976 (pap.)
Author Notes:	Shirley Climo was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1928. She attended DePauw University until her mother died unexpectedly in 1949. She dropped out of college and took up her mother's work writing scripts for the weekly WGAR-Radio children's program Fairytale Theatre. During her lifetime, she wrote 24 books including The Korean Cinderella; Magic and Mischief: Tales from Cornwall; A Treasury of Princesses: Princess Tales from Around the World; A Treasury of Mermaids: Mermaid Tales from Around the World; and Someone Saw a Spider: Spider Facts and Folktales. She died on August 25, 2012 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography)