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1) The little red ant and the great big crumb: a Mexican fable

Author

Climo, Shirley

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

c1995

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A small red ant finds a crumb in a Mexican cornfield, but she is afraid that she lacks the strength to move it herself and goes off to find an animal that can.

2) The Egyptian Cinderella

Author

Climo, Shirley

Publisher

Crowell

Pub. Date

c1989

Appears on list

RU (APA) 2nd Grade

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In this version of Cinderella set in Egypt in the sixth century B.C., Rhodopes, a slave girl, eventually comes to be chosen by the Pharaoh to be his queen.

3) The Persian Cinderella

Author

Climo, Shirley

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

c1999

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A retelling of the traditional Persian tale in which Settareh, neglected and abused by her stepmother and stepsisters, finds her life transformed with the help of a little blue jug.

4) The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb

Author

Climo, Shirley

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

1999

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This distinctly Mexican version of an old fable found in Spain, Portugal, and France is retold and updated by a well-known storyteller. The little red ant has found a wonderful crumb, but she's not strong enough to carry it all the way home. Going from one creature to the next, asking for help, the little red ant is surprised to discover who is the strongest of all. Spanish words add to the text's Mexican flavor, and bold, playful illustrations,

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Shirley Climo

1) The little red ant and the great big crumb: a Mexican fable

2) The Egyptian Cinderella

3) The Persian Cinderella

4) The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb