The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo illustrated by Ruth Heller*

Since we are studying Ancient Egypt, we read this book together  and also read another Cinderella tale from Iraq (The Golden Sandal) since we had just studied Mesopotamia to bring the two units sort of together.
We compared and contrasted the two stories.
The Egyptian Cinderella is one the oldest Cinderella stories and contains some fact!  Rhodopis, the heroine, is a real person who was a Greek slave and eventually marries Pharaoh Amasis from the 26th Dynasty.
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.
Strategy: text to text connections, compare contrast
Teaching suggestion: Have students read a variety of cultural Cinderella stories and compare them.