Cinderella

by Shogo Hirata

Enter the enchanting world of your favorite age-old fairy tale friends where fantasy and fun are brought to life on every page. Each fun-to-read classic will delight readers of any age.

Genres: Fairy Tales, Picture Books, Childrens

24 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1992

About the author

Shogo Hirata (平田昭吾) is a picture book author and translator born in Manchuria (now Shenyang, northeastern China). He grew up in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

A pioneer of Japanese animated picture book culture, he has published 300 volumes (330 in total). He is also highly regarded outside of Japan, with the total number of volumes published overseas exceeding 300 million by 2005.

Reviews

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part of a collection of fairy tale adaptations done by Shogo Hirata. The style of these books is quite unique and stand out from most other ones from around the time since they are more brightly colored, cartoonish and with rather seemingly young characters even as adults.

This is one of the Shogo Hirata plots for Cinderella that doesn't sound like it was pared down to fit the size of the book but then again I am also quite aware that it wasn't a full-size novel. It did trim away additional details that you will see in the older versions such as the multiple days of the ball and the grotesque details of some of the original versions but it does make for a nice evenly paced story that is sweet to the end.

Other artistic notes to take heed are that on the pages that have a full colored illustration, some other illustrative detail is added to the corner of the page of text on the other side. Some seem to have some link to the story but others don't like rose or the vase of flowers.

Altogether thought it does make for a nice starter fairy tale and one that is much more kid-friendly than some of the adaptations that are out there.

[Christy Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

so in this book her name was Ella and her stepsisters nicknamed her Cinderella because she was giving Cinders out of the fireplace.

I like this one which is funny cause I've never been into the Disney one.

Her dad remarried a woman with two daughters named Hilda and Gilda who her stepmother said were too delicate for common work cause they were going to marry Royal.

Cinderella's Fairy Godmother stepped in getting her to the ball that they were all invited to and in the end she married and moved away from her evil new family.

Shows can't count self out.

[Amania Miller]

Adding it to my collection. ^_^