Cinderella

Award Classic Fairy Tale series ("An Award Classic Fairy Tale"

by Ian Paul Robinson

Recounts the tale of the mistreated kitchen maid who, with the help of her fairy godmother, attends the palace ball on the condition that she leave before midnight.

30 pages, Hardcover

First published January 27, 1988

Reviews

[Tina Fazenbaker]

This story has mostly the same plot as the movie and other versions. Cinderella is a servant girl for her two stepsisters and mother. They are invited to a ball but Cinderellas family will not allow her to attend. So, a fairy godmother shows up and gives her everything she needs to go to the ball, as long as she follows one rule. Cinderella runs off before the ball ends and the prince insists on finding her, so he does.

I liked this Cinderella a little more than the others because of the small differences that made it unique. A few examples are the godmother calls the stepsisters ugly, Cinderella was given orange robes instead of a dress, Cinderella was never locked away in a room, etc.

I would use this as a bookshelf book that a child can choose if they want to read about princesses. My intent is to keep a shelf stocked for reading time and I think this one is good because it is a popular story but there isn't much I can do with it in terms of a whole class.

[Joy Gerbode]

Of course I like it, it's Cinderella. Pretty traditional telling of the story. Illustrations are different than others I've seen. Perhaps from a different time period?

[SBC]

My copy is retold by Ian Robinson and illustrated by Gerry Embleton. Copyright Award Publications LTd 1980. It is part of "An Award Classic Fairy Tale" series with 12 titles in the series.