"Cinder-Elly" written by Frances Minters is a take off of the folktale Cinderella. This book is very funny and has great images to keep the reader's attention. There are many little images on all of the pages. They are pictures of friends of Cinder-Elly making comments about the different situations at hand. This version would be a more modern version of Cinderella. Cinder-Elly, in this book, lives in New York City with her family, and like the original folktale has to do all of the chores around the house and does not get treated as fairly as her step-sisters. The Prince in this story is also the star of the basketball team. Like in the original story, Cinder-Elly loses her shoe and the prince searches all over the city and finally finds her. The story ends with the two living happily every after. I really liked this version of Cinderella. I think that the students would be able to apply this story and the decisions that Cinder-Elly made to kept trying to their own lives. Any grade level could use this from third grade and higher.
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