The Gift of the Crocodile : A Cinderella Story (Hardcover)

from tiamatq

This version of the Cinderella fairytale comes from the Spice Islands. Damura's mother teaches her traditional dances and to respect the animals. When she dies, Damura is tricked into convincing he...

from LauraMcQueen

I really liked this Cinderella tale from the Spice Islands. I felt as though I gained a little bit of cultural knowledge by reading this old tale that is different from the French and American vers...

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A kindhearted young girl named Damura is manipulated into asking her widowed father to remarry in this Cinderella variant from Indonesia's Spice Islands (AKA the Maluku Islands). Mistreated by her ...

from theCajunLibrarian

Judy Sierra retells the bare bones story of Cinderella with myths and traditions of Indonesia. Some of the events seem strange to me, but I am accustomed to a more Western version of the tale.

from dlow

"The Gift of the Crocodile" by Judy Sierra and Illustrated by Reynold Ruffin takes place on an island of Indonesia. The main characters name and some phrases in the story are linked to Indonesian c...