Here’s a bit of library fun for you: pick a fairy tale, any fairy tale. Go see how many variations of that traditional story are available at your local branch. For some, like Rumpelstiltskin or the Ugly Duckling, your options will be relatively few.

And then, there is Cinderella. Hundreds of versions of this classic tale exist, in multiple languages across many, many cultures. At some library branches, it’s possible to find 20 or more variations on the shelf! Try comparing and contrasting some of these editions with your kiddos, and let us know which are your very favorites:

Walt Disney's Cinderella / retold by Cynthia Rylant; pictures by Mary Blair

Abadeha: the Philippine Cinderella / adapted by Myrna J. de la Paz; illustrated by Youshang Tang

The rough-face girl / Rafe Martin; illustrated by David Shannon

Glass slipper, gold sandal: a worldwide Cinderella / Paul Fleischman; illustrated by Julie Paschkis

The golden sandal: a Middle Eastern Cinderella / by Rebecca Hickox; illustrated by Will Hillenbrand

Domitila: a Cinderella tale from the Mexican tradition / adapted by Jewell Reinhart Coburn; illustrated by Connie McLennan

Cendrillon: a Caribbean Cinderella / Robert D. San Souci; illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Yeh-Shen: a Cinderella story from China / retold by Ai-Ling Louie; ill. by Ed Young

James Marshall's Cinderella / illustrated by James Marshall; retold by Barbara Karlin

The gift of the crocodile: a Cinderella story / by Judy Sierra; illustrated by Reynold Ruffins

The way meat loves salt: a Cinderella tale from the Jewish tradition / Nina Jaffe; illustrated by Louise August

The Persian Cinderella / Shirley Climo; art by Robert Florczak

The Korean Cinderella / by Shirley Climo; illustrated by Ruth Heller

Smoky Mountain Rose: an Appalachian Cinderella / by Alan Schroeder; pictures by Brad Sneed

The orphan: a Cinderella story from Greece / by Anthony L. Manna & Soula Mitakidou; illustrated by Giselle Potter

Cinderella / illustrated by K.Y. Craft