The Irish Cinderlad by Shirley Climo
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I wish I had the money to collect Cinderella tales, as I find the cultural variations rather interesting. This one is, of course, most notable because the "Cinderella" is male. But a further variation is that the "fairy godmother" is a bull.
Unlike Gundula, I rather liked the illustrations, although the colors are very stereotypical (pink for girls; green and brown for boys).
This would be a good book for teachers to add to their collection if one of their writing projects is to take a familiar fairy tale and change it in some way. I have seen this done with the Cinderella tales, but also with The Three Little Pigs and other standard kids' fare.
Fun.
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