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Manufacturer: HarperCollins
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The famous Cinderella and her neighbor Cinder Edna each worked sunup to sundown for their wicked stepmother and stepsisters. But while Cinderella had the good fortune to be rescued by her fairy godmother, Edna was strong, self-reliant, spunky--and she lived happier ever after! "Nicely executed....This Cinderella send-up is full of kid-pleasing jokes."--Publisher's Weekly.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780688162955
ISBN: 0688162959
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: 1998-09-24
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: 1998-09-24
Studio: HarperCollins


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Read to my second grade class and they loved it.
Comment: We do a unit on Cinderella stories from around the world. This is one of the books I use. I read it to my second grade class and both the boys and the girls really enjoyed it. They liked the idea of the side by side stories of the two girls, and two boys, and how the "Cinders" solved their problems. I made a unit and we did character maps, story maps, and venn diagrams with it. The entire class had a good time and they learned a lot and met many of the state standards, and really understood the skills because we used a story they liked. I highly recommend this book because one of the girls is modern, and the other is more of the classical verison. It worked well in the classroom and I think a child ages 5-6 would like it read to them, 7 and older should be able to read most of it, with some assistance.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Book!
Comment: We looked forever for this book because I just love the timeless message. I love it!!

Customer Rating:
Summary: Cinder Edna is Great!
Comment: The book Cinder Edna is wonderful. Shows an entirely different perspective on the cinderella story.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Given as a gift...
Comment: I got this for my 6-year old niece, and she really liked it. My sister, her mother, liked the book as well. Both said it was funny and the pictures were pleasing.

Update - I got a chance to read the book, and I enjoyed the whole theme of the prettiest girl doesn't always have the happiest life. I liked that it showed how it's good to be practical and make logical choices...but I also believe a good fantasy fairytale is in order every once in a while. It's nice to indulge in the unrealistic, too.

Also, the illustrations were detailed but kind of cluttered, and the paragraphs were so long on some pages...maybe a bit overwhelming for a child learning to read more content than a few sentences.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Attitude, it's all attitude!
Comment: This is the story of two neighbors, both overworked sisters to mean, wicked, old step-sisters. Cinderella is the pretty one who sits in the cinders and daydreams after she finishes her chores. Next door Cinder Edna, the spunky one but not so pretty, sings while she works. She doesn't like sitting in cinders--gets her clothes sooty--so she takes on extra chores from the neighbors who pay her, enabling her to put a lovely dress on lay-away, her just-in-case dress.

One day the two princes announce a big ball and invite all the women of the kingdom to attend. The six wicked sisters ready themselves through the help of the abused step-sisters. Cinderella's fairy godmother comes along to poof the pretty lass ready. Cinderella's lack of imagination, lack of spunk, lack of proper attitude cannot see a way to the ball. GM has to turn a pumpkin, you know the rest.

Meanwhile, Cinder Edna gets her dress off lay-away, decides to wear her comfortable loafers to dance in, and takes the bus to the ball. There is no effort except her own good attitude. At the ball she finds the handsome prince too stuffed full of himself. Boring, she decides of him. Then she meets Rupert, the younger prince, head of waste recycling and keeper of orphaned kittens and master joke teller. She is known to tell a joke or two herself. They dance the night away.

All good stories must come to an end. The usual hunt for the right foot for the glass slipper, and a woman who can recite 17 tuna casserole recipes play a major role. There is a double wedding (surely this is not a spoiler!). But the big question is: Which couple lives happily ever after?

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