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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Cinderella Penguin


Book Title: Cinderella Penguin

Author(s): Janet Perlman

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Janet Perlman

Publisher: Puffin Books

Copyright Date: 1992

Genre: Folktale

Brief Annotation: Cinderella is a young penguin who lives with her cruel stepmother and her two spoiled stepsisters. Cinderella does all the chores of the house, and is subsequently not invited to the grand ball that the prince is throwing. As the evening arrives and her family leaves for the ball Cinderella’s little fairy penguin arrives and grants her wish to attend the ball. She transforms Cinderella into a princess for the night, complete with a horse and carriage escort. She meets and dances with the Penguin Prince only to leave before they properly meet. He uses her glass flipper left behind to find and marry her.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: (2.5) Though I love the story of Cinderella, I expected the fact that the characters were penguins to play more of an active role in the story. The only fact that alluded to this difference was the glass flipper instead of the glass slipper. Other than that it was just the age-old cinderella story.

Readers who will like this book: Readers who will probably like this book are young children who are just becoming acquainted with folktales like Cinderella. With so many animal movies becoming popular lately, like Happy Feet, Surf’s Up, and March of the Penguins, a lot of little kids are interested in learning and hearing stories about penguins!

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: How do you think Cinderella Penguin will be different from Cinderella the person? Do they look the same? Do you think their families are the same?
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