Yeh-Shen
Story Stats
Rating: 4
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 5
Author
Ai-Ling
Louie
Appeared in
Cricket Magazine Vol 10, Num 12, Aug 1983
Story Summary
A nicely told Chinese Cinderella story with magic worked by a kindly river spirit instead of a fairy godmother. According to the author this is one of the earliest known versions of the Cinderella story, written down over 1000 years ago.