Cinderella

by Della Cohen (Adapted by), Walt Disney Company

Ciderella lives with her wicked stepmother and her stepsisters, Drizella and Anastasia. She does everything for them—she cooks, cleans, and handles the household chores. When the King invites all his subjects to a grand ball for the Prince, Cinderella can’t wait to go. Her cruel family does everything in their power to see that she is left behind. But Cinderella’s tears of sadness soon become tears of joy when POOF!—her fairy godmother appears. With a wave of her magic wand, the Fairy Godmother gives Cinderella everything she needs to catch her Prince Charming, including a pair of glass slippers.

In these hardcover books, the stories children love are retold in a lively style just right for family sharing. Bring the timeless appeal of Disney storytelling home and relive the magic again and again.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Annchan Maulana]

A beautiful storybook about poor girl that have an evil stepmother and two bad stepsister.

Meet my Prince is my dream when i was a little girl hehe :p

Originaly review by AnnChan ^^

[Andrea Flory]

This book is good for grades 1-2 and 3-4. It follows the movie pretty close and it is an easy read. It would be a good book to have in a classroom for students to pick up and read but I would not read it to the whole class. The genre is traditional literature.

[Jessica]

Basically a book exactly like the plot of the movie. I will hand it to Wait Disney, he did know how to take a fairy tale and adapt it to make it very entertaining. Although after reading Bill Peet's autobiography, I wonder how much of the ideas were his or other employees'. Anyway, this was fine.

[Addison Sanger]

A classic fairy tale about a kind young woman that was treated bad by her stepfamily. She finds true love and a better life with magical help. This would be a great book to learn about perseverance and being kind to others even when times are tough.

[Laura I Suarez]

Daughter enjoyed it A+

[Ceci]

I really enjoyed reading this book, it is the classic Cinderella story with the mean stepmother and sisters. I also really enjoyed the classic illustrations.

[Jade]

cute story I love Disney stories

[Elly Schultz]

Genre: Traditional Literature Grade: K-4
I liked how in this fairy tale, a girl Cinderella got to have a great time at the ball. The ball that she had went to changed her life.

[Beth Rice]

I watched the classic Disney movie of Cinderella. It is hard not to love this story. With the exciting animation, comic relief of the mice, and music and songs that have become a part of our culture it's a fun and upbeat depiction of the story. As a child this was my first introduction to Cinderella, and reading and hearing stories/books of Cinderella was eye opening. I would think that many children have seen the movie before reading any version of the Cinderella tale. With students, primary and/or intermediate, I would use this as an opportunity to compare and contrast the traditional tale with Disney's version. Younger students could do some basic comparisons while older students could dig a little deeper into the similarities and differences. Story elements could be compared but I would also be interested to see what students thought of the different modes of storytelling (movie versus book). This is a childhood classic for me but I am so grateful I have heard and read other versions of this traditional tale.

[Megan Causey]

Genre: Fairy Tale
Awards: n/a
Audience: 3-6 years
A. Cinderella is described as a beautiful and kind young girl. The step-mother and step-sisters are described as ugly and cruel. The prince is described as handsome and heroic.
B. I am familiar with Grimm's version of Cinderella where it is a little more gruesome and shocking.
C. I would not use this story to share with children because I feel as though it portrays women as damsels in distress when in reality that is not the case. Also, I feel like the message of waiting for a "prince charming" to save you from an unfortunate predicament is not a good message to teach children.
D. Who do you think was the most important character and why? I think Cinderella was the most important character because she was the one who experienced the most change. For example, in the beginning of the story she struggled, but by the end of the story she found her happily ever after.

[Theodora]

Children love this story especially in movie form. Another story by Walt Disney. Great for children.

After reading the story to class. I would discuss story and ask questions, then give each child a vocabulary word unscramble sheet and crossword puzzle to be used with words.

[Raven]

I LOVE CINDERELLA SHE IS MY FAVORITE PRINCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!I enjoyed reading the book and watching all the movies 1,2,&3.She is a very strong person.Through all the hurt and humiliation she didn't let it harding her heart.She's an insperation.

[Inol the HIDAYAT]

what a dream!!!

[Kim uy]

the dream that you wish will come true

[Sarah]

A good book

[Dolly]

Standard Disney fare.

[David]

Whatever.

[Victoria]

I read it whaen i was 6

[Khanifia S]

It is a very popular book and also I love this book. It is a very nice book.💖💖

[Prashansa]

Good as a child!