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Title: Cinderella: The Dog and Her Little Glass by Diane Goode ISBN: 0-439-07166-6 Publisher: Blue Sky Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)
Rating: 2
Summary: A Flat Re-telling of the Old, Old Story
Comment: The story of Cinderella has been enchanting children for centuries. We've seen hundreds of modified versions of it over the years - from the self-sufficient Cinder Edna to the many alternate-culture Cinderellas to Cinderlads to animal Cinderellas - but Diane Goode's Cinderella isn't a new twist on the old story. It *is* the old story (but the Disney version rather than the Brothers Grimm). The only thing that's different is the illustrations, and those aren't different enough to make the book worth reading.
If the book was lovely enough, if the illustrations were truly magical, then the utterly familiar story wouldn't matter. These pictures don't make that grade, though. They're rather standard picture-book illustrations, with one unusual element: all the characters are bipedal, clothes-wearing dogs. The effect is rather peculiar - they look too human to be recognizably canine, and they look too canine to be recognizably human - and stilted; the dogs look out of proportion and somehow wrong moving around on their hind legs and holding things in their front paws.
It's hard to imagine an audience for this book, with its familiar story and its unappealing illustrations. Most children would probably prefer to read the original Cinderella or one of the more imaginative alternates. In fact, most kids would probably rather just hear Mom or Dad tell the story without any book or pictures if this book was their other option. All in all, Diane Goode's Cinderella is neither good nor bad; it's simply and completely forgettable.
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Title: Cinderella & Hot Air Balloon by Ann Jungman, Russell Ayto ISBN: 0711210519 Publisher: Frances Lincoln Limited Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Joe Cinders by Marianne Mitchell, Bryan Langdo ISBN: 0805065296 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 04 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Sumorella: A Hawaii Cinderella Story by Sandi Takayama, Esther Szegedy ISBN: 1573060275 Publisher: Bess Press Inc. Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Cinderella: An Art Deco Love Story by Lynn Roberts ISBN: 0810941686 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: If the Shoe Fits : Voices From Cinderella by Laura Whipple, Laura Beingessner ISBN: 0689840705 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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