A modern retelling of a classic fairy tale - magic! Not one ball but three. The tiniest, most magical slippers you could imagine. Two thoroughly nasty sisters ... and a stepmother who is, ooh, HORRID! Fall for this sparkling retelling in which a dreamy prince captures Cinderella's heart on the dance floor! Niamh Sharkey creates a flamboyant fairy tale cast, and Max Eilenberg's text conjures magic and delight, with a lacing of wicked humour!
There are 56 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2012 by Walker Books Ltd .
Max Eilenberg is the author of the children's picture books Cowboy Kid, illustrated by Sue Heap, and Squeak's Good Idea, illustrated by Patrick Benson. Working as a publisher and editor, Max lives in London with his family. Angela Barrett is the highly-regarded illustrator of the 1989 Smarties Book Prize-winning Can It Be True?, by Susan Hill, and the 1991 WH Smith Illustration Award-winning The Hidden House, by Martin Waddell. She lives in London. Niamh Sharkey has twice been shortlisted for and once won the Bisto Book of the Year Award and she has slso won the Mother Goose Award. Her "Tales from Old Ireland" was an IBBY Honour Book 2002. She lives in a small fishing village north of Dublin, with her family.
This book contains the following story:
Cinderella
Cinderella REALLY wants to go to the ball but her wicked stepmother and ugly sisters think she's better off at home doing the chores. Along comes the fairy godmother, waves her magic wand and Cinders's clothes are transformed into a gorgeous ball gown. Off she goes to the palace ball in a pumpkin coach and horses transformed from mice. But when the clock strikes midnight Cinders reverts to her tattered old self, and the prince has only a glass slipper to find his gorgeous girly.
This book features the following character:
Ugly Sister
This book features the character Ugly Sister.