Bibliographic Information: Lowell, S. (2000). Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella. Illus. Illustrator Jane Manning. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
Brief Annotation: A Western version of Cinderella, Cindy Ellen is forced to put up with her lazy step sisters. Instead of wanting to go to a ball, Cindy Ellen wishes to attend the rodeo! When everyone leaves Cindy Ellen behind, her fairy godmother appears with her fancy, golden pistol and uses magic to fancy up Cindy Ellen for her big debut at the rodeo. Cindy Ellen attends the rodeo and wows Joe Prince, a rich rancher's son, who falls in love with her. Racing to get home before midnight, Cindy Ellen loses one of her sparkling diamond spurs in front of Joe Prince! Collecting the diamond spur, Joe Prince goes searching for his dream girl and comes upon Cindy Ellen and they lived happily every after!
Genre: Fractured Fairy Tale
Grade Level: K-3rd
Readers who will like this: Anyone who enjoys a playful version of famous fairy tales
Response/Rating (1-4): 4, I loved the colorful illustrations and the playful western style use of language
One question you would ask before a read aloud: What other versions of Cinderella have you heard?
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Showing posts with label Folk tale comparison. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
The Three Pigs
Bibliographic Information (APA): Weisner, D. (2001). The Three Pigs. New York, NY: Clarion Books.
Brief Annotation: This is a cute little story about three pigs that escape from the book and put a different spin on the common folk tale.
Genre: PictureBook, Folktale
Grade Level: Pre-3rd
Readers who will like this: Many children will like this book. Children that have heard of this story will enjoy it.
Response/Rating (1-4): 4; This is a cute spin on the folk tale story. The pigs are able to escape the story and jump into other stories. The pigs are able to go into another stories . The pigs rescue other animals that have bad endings in their stories. The illustrations are my favorite part of the story. They look very real and almost 3D.
One question you would ask before a read aloud: What do you think would happen if characters could jump out of a book?
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