Cinderella Cinderella Mini Book: Mini version

by William Wegman

In her haste to flee the palace before her fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper, in a retelling of the story that features dogs portraying the main characters

Genres: Picture Books, Photography, Dogs, Art, Childrens, Cinderella, Fairy Tales

40 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1993

Reviews

[Melody Schwarting · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am very biased regarding which dogs I think are cute. So if this version of the Cinderella tale was enacted by corgyn, or border collies, or any shepherd breed, I would probably find it as amusing and delightful as I found A Guinea Pig Pride and Prejudice. But I don't have a particular affection for Weimaraners, so this fell flat for me. Wegman's telling is funny and cute in its own way, and it's sure to give little readers a good belly laugh.

[J · Rating 1 out of 5]

The Weimaraners are back and they are trying to take-on Cinderella. Unfortunately they didn't even hit close to a success with this particular book.

First of all the poor dogs just looked like they were uncomfortable and awkwardly arranged as they were put through the photo shoot. It is at this point when one starts to think the animals are being tortured for human entertainment and then sometimes at the point where no one wants to even enjoy that particular entertainment in the end so what was the point?

The other thing is the variation of the story used was rather a lengthy and boring story altogether. Upon reading the story you just wanted to put the book down and walked away while finding a much better retelling.

Whether you are a Weimaraner fan or even a Cinderella fan I wouldn't recommend the book to either group.

[Corinne Creighton · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book basically follows the same plot as the Disney tale Cinderella that we all know. The only main difference is that the illustrations are actual dog faces and chest! Cinderella had hopes of attended the ball that her family was invited too. However, her evil stepmother states that Cinderella's dress was "sent over seas" by mistake. Cinderella was extremely disappointed but still helped her snotty sisters make dresses for the ball. She hurried to try and put together her own dress but realized she did not have the proper shoes to attend the ball. Her dreams were crushed until her fairy godmother came in and changer her rags and shoes into an beautiful outfit. She attended the ball and danced with the prince. She had to leave the ball before midnight but the price found her and they lives happily ever after!
I did not enjoy this book as much as I would have liked to. I love the idea of using dogs as characters, however the illustrations were just plain scary. The illustrations were actual pictures of dogs and were cropped onto human bodies. So, they characters had human arms and hands pictured however a dog face and chest. The pictures were scary to look at and made me disinterested with the story. I can't imagine a child reading this book and genuinely enjoying it because they will be too distracted by the pictures. I feel like a spin off story of a classic tale basically relies on the illustrations because the plot will be predictable. Overall, I would not recommend this book.

[Kali · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have a few problems with this that, unfortunately, ruined what could've been a very cute book. My main issue is that the characters essentially have dog heads and human bodies. Where hands are shown, they are clearly human hands. The heights and body shapes of all are human-based. It runs the idea of a dog-based version of the story. The best images of the book were the ones where this was not as evident - the fairy godmother looking in the window, Cinderella in her bed, etc.

The story itself also remains mostly unchanged from the human version... I would have appreciated some more doggy humor, puns, and details. But perhaps most disturbing is the fact that the prince... has a pet dog. Say what now?? How does that work? Now I'm just confused, and not at all in a good way.

[Sparrow · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've seen this guy's photographs but never had any interest in picking up any of his work. They are simply too creepy.

A lot of this book's composition is still creepy. But I can appreciate the fun of a dog inspired fairy tale retelling. I can also appreciate the composition of beautiful sets and costumes.

[Melissa Carroll · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book is ridiculous I couldn't stop laughing at the doggos

[Makkena · Rating 3 out of 5]

This books illustrations are different than most that I have seen. It has dogs as the characters with human hands.

[Sam Dawson · Rating 2 out of 5]

The original story of Cinderella told with dogs and not people. All the characters have dog faces. Children may think replacing the faces with dogs to be funny.

[Rabbiet N Winterland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amusing and lovely!

[Paula · Rating 2 out of 5]

This version used a dog as Cinderella. I didnt really care for this
version. Seeing a dog as Cinderella was kind of weird. It took a the whole idea of Cinderella to left field. It really didn't make sense to me. It was also hard for me to get into this book. I personally wouldn't use this book in my class.

[Lihsa · Rating 5 out of 5]

lovely, lovely, lovely.

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Illustrations could have been improved by being lighter, brighter, and more whimsical. Language was a few steps up from the general Cinderella books.

[Kimberly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much better than the Red Riding Hood book that Wegman did. The dogs are a little creepy in their wigs, but kids will probably get a kick out of it.

[Hannah Jane · Rating 2 out of 5]

If I put this book in my little free library will it terrify kids to the point of never returning? Or will they love it and expect this kind of greatness always?