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| Cinder Edna | 
 enlarge | Author: Ellen Jackson
Creator: Kevin O'malley
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 16729
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.2
ISBN: 0688162959
EAN: 9780688162955
ASIN: 0688162959
Publication Date: September 24, 1998
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Product Description
The famous Cinderella and her neighbor Cinder Edna each worked sunup to sundown for their wicked stepmother and stepsisters. But while Cinderella had the good fortune to be rescued by her fairy godmother, Edna was strong, self-reliant, spunky--and she lived happier ever after! "Nicely executed....This Cinderella send-up is full of kid-pleasing jokes."--Publisher's Weekly.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 It's good? Really? September 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow, I really am missing why this book is so good. I actually had to go back & read the book again when I saw all the good reviews. Well, ying & yang I guess. I didn't like this book at all and I was up for a silly twist on the whole story, but I felt it just didn't get it right. It missed the mark on telling a story of a witch/girl who'd want to be the dirtiest and grossest. I didn't think it spoke to what kids would find gross and funny at the same time. The art was, well you can see the cover. I guess that plays into how she wants to be dirty, but I found it more creepy than yuckie. We even like the art of the "No David" books that some people dislike. Sadly, this book was read once -- maybe twice, but that's it. Not a favorite at all. Of course we've got lots of books that we don't read often; I guess honestly, I can't stand this book and so far with all the books we've got, I can only say that about this book and those terrible "Froggy" books. So, the wonderfulness of this book was lost on me. Not recommended. THe story could have been better & the art is just super unpleasant to look at.
 Given as a gift... August 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this for my 6-year old niece, and she really liked it. My sister, her mother, liked the book as well. Both said it was funny and the pictures were pleasing.
Update - I got a chance to read the book, and I enjoyed the whole theme of the prettiest girl doesn't always have the happiest life. I liked that it showed how it's good to be practical and make logical choices...but I also believe a good fantasy fairytale is in order every once in a while. It's nice to indulge in the unrealistic, too.
Also, the illustrations were detailed but kind of cluttered, and the paragraphs were so long on some pages...maybe a bit overwhelming for a child learning to read more content than a few sentences.
Attitude, it's all attitude! May 14, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is the story of two neighbors, both overworked sisters to mean, wicked, old step-sisters. Cinderella is the pretty one who sits in the cinders and daydreams after she finishes her chores. Next door Cinder Edna, the spunky one but not so pretty, sings while she works. She doesn't like sitting in cinders--gets her clothes sooty--so she takes on extra chores from the neighbors who pay her, enabling her to put a lovely dress on lay-away, her just-in-case dress.
One day the two princes announce a big ball and invite all the women of the kingdom to attend. The six wicked sisters ready themselves through the help of the abused step-sisters. Cinderella's fairy godmother comes along to poof the pretty lass ready. Cinderella's lack of imagination, lack of spunk, lack of proper attitude cannot see a way to the ball. GM has to turn a pumpkin, you know the rest.
Meanwhile, Cinder Edna gets her dress off lay-away, decides to wear her comfortable loafers to dance in, and takes the bus to the ball. There is no effort except her own good attitude. At the ball she finds the handsome prince too stuffed full of himself. Boring, she decides of him. Then she meets Rupert, the younger prince, head of waste recycling and keeper of orphaned kittens and master joke teller. She is known to tell a joke or two herself. They dance the night away.
All good stories must come to an end. The usual hunt for the right foot for the glass slipper, and a woman who can recite 17 tuna casserole recipes play a major role. There is a double wedding (surely this is not a spoiler!). But the big question is: Which couple lives happily ever after?
great May 1, 2008
i think my teacher read this book to me in grade 3 or 4. its the cinderella story, but 'cinderella' doesn't wait around for prince charming doing nothing. she goes through the cinderella story but finds practical solutions to problems cinderella does nothing about or complains about. i can't remember if cinderella is in the book or not as a foil for cinderedna, but it was an amusing read and a enjoyed it at the time. it thankfully isn't a bra burning approach to feminism, but a 'you can do things on your own' book. its cinderella without the idealism. of course we all love the idealism, that's why such stories as cinderella exist, but for every cinderella there must be a cinderedna... because a person can't be entirely practical or entirely idealistic, but a balance of both must be achieved. unfortunately there aren't as many 'cinderenda' books on the market as there should be for young girls, so i guess this one is good!
A Classic Tale Recycled into Something New...and Wonderful! February 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This adaptation of the classic children's fairytale Cinderella brings something of a mixture of the classic story elements (princes, castles, and fancy dress balls) with modern, contemporary settings (the city bus, penny loafers, and recycling plants)...Cinder Edna is Cinderella's more self-reliant, self-sufficient neighbor who just doesn't have time (or see the point of) sitting around in the fireplace cinders feeling sorry for oneself. She gets out and about doing for herself and enjoying life...she even knows 16 different ways to make tuna casserole (and that's quite spectacular, don't ya know)! While Cinderella needs her fairy godmother to get her a dress, a ride to the ball and snazzy glass slippers, Edna gets her dress off layaway, puts on her comfortable penny loafers and takes the city buss to the ball. In the end each girls get her man...Cinderella gets her prince charming and Edna falls for charming's somewhat dorky younger brother Rupert. This story, like the classic, portrays a happy ending for all...the somewhat ditzy and bubble-headed Cinderella spends her days in luxury and self-absorption (and is perfectly happy), Cinder Edna winds up in an ecologically friendly soar-heated cottage with her recycling prince...and she also lives happily ever after (in a life that looks to be infinitely more interesting and full of fun than that of Cinderella and her boorish, snobby prince). I enjoyed reading this as did my 7 year old. I got a kick out of the artwork, which goes along so very well with the message of this particular adaptation (that living happily ever after is in the eye of the beholder...and getting there doesn't necessarily involve fairy godmothers and magic...you CAN make your own happily ever after)! I give Cinder Edna 5 stars and two thumbs up...it made me smile deeply and often and even had a few laugh out loud moments that really made my day! I'd recommend it as a read aloud for ages 5-7, though it's a picture book I don't think that he length of the text makes for ideal reading for younger children (3-5). I also think it would be well received by children transitioning to independent reading, as this would provide a "new story" with some familiarity and the amount of text is just about right for emerging independent readers (6-8).
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