Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China by Louie, Ai-Ling

ISBN: 039920900X

Author: Louie, Ai-Ling

Condition: new

Told with beauty and grace, this Cinderella story from Ai-Ling Louie is brought vividly to life by Caldecott Medal-winner Ed Youngs soft, glowing illustrations.Half-starved and overworked by her stepmother, Yeh-Shens only friend is a fish with golden eyes. When the stepmother kills the fish for dinner, poor Yeh-Shen is left with only the bones. But the bones are filled with a powerful spirit. When Ye-Shen is forbidden to attend the annual spring Festival, the spirit grants her a gown of azure blue and delicate golden slippers. That night, everyone marvels at the beautiful, mysterious young woman at the ball.Misty, jewel-like illustrations evoke the mythic past in this Chinese Cinderella story. -Publishers Weekly