Cinderella (As If You Didn't Already Know the Story)

I liked this book for several reasons. First I like the writing because it is engaging and the author has Cinderella write letters to her dead mother. For example on page 12 it says, "Dear Mama, I regret to inform you that your husband has married a second time. I don't expect you will be able to read this, but in case you can I did want to be the one to tell you myself. The lady has two daughters who are older then me. To be honest, and don't repeat this to anyone, they seem a little stuck-up, I'm sure everything will work out fine- Dad says it will. Your Daughter 4 ever, Cupcake." Next I like how the author had Cinderella as a character. Cinderella starts off very sweet to her stepsisters and stepmother and does anything they tell her show more to do and not to mention she loves food and jello-cups. By the end, Cinderella becomes more assertive to them. For example when she became queen, Cinderella let her stepmother stay in the big palace only if she cleaned up after the pigs. The big idea of this book is to remember people will pass around stories about you; however, no one knows the real story but you. show less

I chose to read this book because I love the story of Cinderella and was very excited to read this version, being a chapter book. I really enjoyed the writing style that the author chose to use. Throughout the story there are letters that Cinderella writes to her mother who passed away. The letters that the author developed helps the readers gain insight into Cinderella’s feelings and we get to know her a little more. The story is a little more modern than the traditional version of Cinderella. I believe that the author uses language that I found to be very humorous. For example, in one letter that Cinderella wrote to her mother she said, “P.S. Don’t worry about writing back, I don’t expect miracles of anything.” The author show more developed the characters using much detail to portray their personalities. While reading, I felt as though I learned a lot about each character especially Prince Charming. The main idea of this story is to retell Cinderella from her perspective. show less

This was a very funny retelling of a modern day Cinderella who writes letters to her mother about how she can't stand up for herself. It's a quick read laced with pictures, but takes a fun perspective on things. It also gets bonus points for having a quick chart of Cinderella variants in the back.

Cinderella (as if you didn’t already know the story) is a quick and easy-to-read book for young girls just getting into chapter books. The chapters are short with child-like silhouette drawings. Intertwined with the story of Cinderella that everyone knows are diary entries from Cinderella written to her deceased mother. This version of the story, told mainly from Cinderella’s point of view, shows that not everything is as we have heard before: for example, the step-sisters were not ugly but the things they said were ugly. Like all Cinderella tales this one has a happy ending, but she had to work for it. Reviewed by Michele, Three Rivers Public Library

In my opinion this is a great book. I liked this book a lot because it followed the same plot of the short version of "Cinderella", but added more parts and was further exaggerated. Although the book was longer and therefore had more parts to it, it didn't make the book seem like it was overly exaggerated, it flowed well. I also liked this book because of the language that was used. The author did a great job of providing a lot of detail that allowed me to picture what was being read.

I feel like this book was advertised as a fresh new version of Cinderella, but it certainly did not seem to be. The only thing unique about it is that occasionally mixed in among the text are silhouette illustrations and handwritten letters from Cinderella to her late mother. Cinderella did not seem to be the protagonist I recognized or liked. She reminded me more of stepsister Olive from Ella Enchanted. Not my vision of Cinderella.

I liked this book, it was a cute rendition of Cinderella as though from her point of view as a younger girl. She had letters she wrote to her mother and other such things. It was a really cute quick read.