Bibliographic Information (APA): Climo, S. (1993). The Korean Cinderella. Illus. Ruth Heller. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.
Brief Annotation: Korean version of Cinderella set in ancient Korea. Pear Blossom is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsister, and has a goblin that comes in different animal forms help her. She is eventually chosen to be the magistrate’s wife.
Genre: Fairy Tale, Folklore
Grade Level: K-2
Readers who will like this: Young children who like fairy tales, and Cinderella.
Response/Rating (1-4): 2 out of 4. I liked reading a different version of Cinderella, but without some background knowledge on what a goblin was in the Korean culture, it made the story a little confusing. I did not understand till after looking up the word that all of the animals that helped Pear Blossom were actually the “goblin.”
One question you would ask before a read aloud: Do you believe in magic?
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