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Yeh-Shen has large blocks of text with some more complex vocabulary. For younger children, it would be best to start with a read-aloud to explore vocabulary.

A Cinderella retelling using Chinese folklore. It keeps with the conventions of the Cinderella story we are familiar with, with a few changes (a fish and a fairy god-uncle). The illustrations, rather than the story, are responsible for featuring ancient Chinese culture.

Her loveliness made her seem a heavenly being, and the king suddenly knew in his heart that he had found his true love.

Yeh-Shen, a TL book, is a Chinese adaptation of the classic story of Cinderella. This book was awarded the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. It would be great for a RT. A great resource can be found here UDL 7.2 which is optimize relevance, value and authenticity would work great because you can emphasize the importance of representation in traditional literature. #UCFLAE3414SP20

TL/Horn Book Honor /GR
Read this in one of my service learning classes
Teacher read traditional western version then this one
Students worked in groups to create venn diagrams of the stories
Great book for highlighting cultural awareness in the classroom
Graphic Organizer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1weFIu7c4S130KtzAk03ihiT_b3YkTcBhrM4z2T4vfGE/...
UDL 1.1
ELL read a version from their country! Read with a partner
#UCFSU19

#wanderingjune #chinagirl @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB This version of Cinderella is even older than the European versions we know so well. When I was younger I‘d go to the library and try to find all the different versions of Cinderella I could. I still love Fairy Tale Retellings or alternative versions like this one.

Loving these Cinderella stories, but the stepmother stabs a fish and is crushed to death in a shower of flying stones - WOW! Just a little violent.