Sootface: An Ojibwa Cinderella Story

By Robert D. San Souci

Book Overview

Once, an Ojibwa man whose wife had died raised three daughters alone. The two older girls were lazy and bad-tempered, and made their youngest sister do all the work. When the flames from the cooking fire singed her hair or burned her skin, they laughed and called her Sootface. While she worked, Sootface dreamed that one day she would find a husband. Then a mighty warrior with the power to make himself invisible decides to marry. Only a woman with a kind and honest heart could see him, and be his bride. Though her sisters ridicule her, Sootface sets off to try her luck, never looking back. Her courage and good nature bring her the husband she has longed for.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044041363X
• ISBN13: 9780440413639
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Dragonfly Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 10.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

A Cinderella story

This Cinderella story is almost identical to The Rough Faced Girl. My fourth grade class really enjoyed it.

Good Book

This book was a good Traditional tale. The pictures depicted the story clearly. My daughter enjoys the story and told me that it reminded her of Cinderella.

A book that has haunted me for years!!

I am so excited to have found this book! I am 21 years old and my mother read this book to me once long ago when I was little. It has haunted me ever since that time over the years and I have wanted to find it again. I only was able to hear the story once and never again because my Mom bought it for children at a powwow and gave it to them. I am so glad I will have it again. I plan to read it once more and than give it to children at the school I'm teaching at so they can enjoy it, too. A great message and a lovely story! I would recommend it for girls between 4-10 years of age.

A Great Book!

I loved this bok!I thought it was a very good story and very cleaver. I liked the deepth of it and meaning. I would buy this book! It has great illlustrations and it is my favorite fairy tale/ picture book! I'm going to buy it! Even though I am almost 12 I still enjoy this book very much!

Well composed

Although the retelling of story is not be perfectly authentic, the story flows well and and the illustrations are of good quality. It does contain some culturally accurate information and would be an excellent addition to a tasteful collecter's children's library.