32 pages · Released Apr 13, 1998 · Putnam Juvenile
Content report card
The Rough-Face Girl parent’s guide: what’s inside
High confidence
Language
None · 0/5
Sexual content
None · 0/5
LGBTQ+ themes
None · 0/5
Substance use
None · 0/5
What it offers
A note for parents
This is a beautifully illustrated Algonquin Cinderella retelling that centers kindness, inner beauty, and resilience as core values. The story celebrates indigenous culture and folklore while delivering a meaningful moral message. There are minimal concerns: the stepsisters are cruel and dismissive, and the Rough-Face Girl has been scarred by fire, but the tone remains gentle and appropriate for early elementary readers and up.
In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being.In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being.
