Tam's Slipper: A Story from Vietnam (First-Start Legends) [Paperback]

Janet Palazzo-Craig (Author), Makiko Nagano (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1999 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: First-Start Legends

In this Vietnamese version of the Cinderella story, a mysterious woman dressed in the royal colors of orange and yellow provides Tam with beautiful clothes, slippers, and a horse to go to the harvest festival.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2?Designed as introductions to multicultural folktales, these series entries have the best of intentions but are disappointing in their execution. Palazzo-Craig's simplified retellings drain dramatic tension from the stories, leaving them flat and unsatisfying. The Emerald Tree, an African quest tale, is the best of the three, but it is still devoid of interesting plot or strong characterization. Readers never learn why the earth is flooded in How Llama Saves the Day, a Peruvian tale, and the resolution of Tam's Slipper, a Cinderella story from Vietnam, is so bland that it is anticlimactic. The source notes in all three titles are barely adequate, and the cartoonlike illustrations, while colorful, lack vitality. Young readers would be much better served by myriad existing picture-book folktales.?Donna L. Scanlon, Lancaster County Library, PA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Troll Communications (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816740011
• ISBN-13: 978-0816740017
• Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 16 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,249,281 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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