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A review by cswirl1
Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson
5.0
This picture book was a very interesting twist on a a classic princess fairy tale. Cinderella is a classic, but I think that I like Cinder Edna much better. In this story, Cinderella and Cinder Edna are next door neighbors who have a very similar home life. Both girls have evil stepsisters and stepmothers who treat them terribly, but that is when the silimarities stop. Cinderella excepts her life, and mopes in the cinders of her house while Cinder Edna tries to find ways to make herself feel better. On the night of the royal ball both girls want to go, but while Cinderella has her fairy godmother do everything for her, Cinder Ednagets herself ready and to the ball all on her own. The girls both meet a prince, and while Cinderella meets the handsome Prince Randolph, Cinder Edna meets Prince Rupert who is almost exactly like her. The fall in love instantly but are t orn apart in a similar fashion as the original story.
I really enjoyed reading this book. I had never thought about Conderella being incapable of doing anything for herself until I had read this story. I found that after I had read the story, I liked Cinder Edna better than I liked Cinderella. She was much more independent and wanted to do things on her own, which is what I was like when I was young. I think that if I would have read this story when I was younger I would have loved it.
The illustrations in the book are very colorful and vivid. The details that are in the images are so great and they really get you into the story. My favorite parts of the book are when the illustration is on one side of the page opening and the words are on the other side. The words are bordered in various images that have to do with the full bleed images on he other side. For example, on the third opening of the book, Cinder Edna is helping her stepmother and stepsisters get ready for the ball on one page and on the other the words are bordered by things that women use to get ready like combs, mascara, lipstick, etc.
Overall, I feel that this story would be great to read to girls who like princess stories. It gives a fresh spin on the Cinderella story that I feel many girls nowadays could relate to. I really enjoyed this book and I know that I will read it to my students in class and I think that they will enjoy it as well.
I really enjoyed reading this book. I had never thought about Conderella being incapable of doing anything for herself until I had read this story. I found that after I had read the story, I liked Cinder Edna better than I liked Cinderella. She was much more independent and wanted to do things on her own, which is what I was like when I was young. I think that if I would have read this story when I was younger I would have loved it.
The illustrations in the book are very colorful and vivid. The details that are in the images are so great and they really get you into the story. My favorite parts of the book are when the illustration is on one side of the page opening and the words are on the other side. The words are bordered in various images that have to do with the full bleed images on he other side. For example, on the third opening of the book, Cinder Edna is helping her stepmother and stepsisters get ready for the ball on one page and on the other the words are bordered by things that women use to get ready like combs, mascara, lipstick, etc.
Overall, I feel that this story would be great to read to girls who like princess stories. It gives a fresh spin on the Cinderella story that I feel many girls nowadays could relate to. I really enjoyed this book and I know that I will read it to my students in class and I think that they will enjoy it as well.