By: Pamela Duncan Edwards
Illustrated by: Henry Cole
I was a little unsure when I first picked up this version of Cinderella. If you glance at the front cover of the book, you can already tell this is going to be a very comical story. I chose this because when I took one look, I thought, "My students are going to love this!" It has dinosaurs for the boys and a Cinderella twist for the girls-not that boys couldn't like Cinderella and girls like dinosaurs. (I'm not like that!) :-)
Though this version has some similarities with Cinderella, there is a part which I absolutely love and has quite a different twist. How many women, myself included, are sometimes tired of having the Prince always saving the Princess? Or, the female character always has to be rescued, of course, by a man? Well, in this story, the princess dinosaur, Dinorella, saves the prince!!!! I love that. She's a strong, independent female at the end. (In the beginning, she was taken advantage of by her stepsisters and being demanded to do hard work.)
As for the text, when the author wants to stress something, she will write the word in all capital letters and also bold it so the reader knows to read the word with feeling. Also, the writer uses numerous words that begin with the letter D throughout the entire story. I'm not really sure why she does this. Other than reading a book in the fairy tale genre to your class, a teacher can also use this as a read aloud when studying the letter D.
Overall, I think this is a hilarious version of Cinderella which many elementary school kids would enjoy!
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