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Title: Prince Cinders by Babette Cole ISBN: 0-698-11554-6 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Cute, but could be cuter
Comment: This is a cute reversal of the Cinderella tale, but it could be more skillfully done. The gender reversal doesn't quite work. I much prefer Ellen Jackson's CINDER EDNA, where the spunky heroine tackles life without the help of a fairy godmother.
Rating: 5
Summary: A charming prince.
Comment: This is one of the most charming and funny modern rewrites of a fairy tale IÕve ever read. In this version, the poor over-worked kid with the wicked stepsiblings is a boy, Prince Cinders. Just like Cinderella, he does all the dirty work around the house, while his three big, handsome (well, they think they are anyway) brothers go out dancing and carousing. Also like Cinderella, Cinders has a fairy godmother. Unfortunately, his fairy seems to lack any qualifications for the job, and in trying to turn him into a big, hairy, hypermasculine hunk like his brothers, she messes up and turns him into ape. I wonÕt go into all the details, but after he loses his pants (no glass slipper here), a clever and beautiful princess chooses him over the big, hairy hunks.
The gender switch is clever, and food for thought. But this book works because itÕs just a terrific story with a central character whoÕs a real charmer, and the illustrations are laugh-out-loud funny. My daughter and I both love this book.
Rating: 1
Summary: ADAM THE APE
Comment: In response to Adam B.'s review of the book I would just like to say that Babette Cole is NOT a HE . She is a SHE. And it kind of negates all the points he makes about sexism and gender roles when he automatically assumes the author is a male. A correction may want to be made to the review to he does not look like such an idiot...
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Title: Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole ISBN: 0698115554 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson, Kevin O'Malley ISBN: 0688162959 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 24 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Cinder-Elly (Picture Puffins) by Frances Minters, G. Brian Karas ISBN: 0140561269 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Paper Bag Princess by Michael Martchenko, Robert N. Munsch ISBN: 0920236162 Publisher: Annick Pr Pub. Date: February, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Cinderella/That Awful Cinderella: A Classic Tale (Point of View) by Alvin Granowsky, Barbara Kiwak, Alvin Grawowsky, David Griffin, Rhonda Childress ISBN: 0811422046 Publisher: Steck-Vaughn Company Pub. Date: May, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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