Cinderella
Written
by – Not Applicable/Public Domain Story
Illustrated
by John Kurtz
Jump at
the sun, 2004
22
pages
Traditional
As I was looking for traditional literature books I found
this one. It has a slant on Cinderella that I had not seen before. It is written with African-American
characters rather than the typical Caucasian.
I found this a breath of fresh air to a story that is hundreds of years
old. The story is the same, but it gives
a larger group of people the chance to read a classic story with a princess
that looks like them. We all know the
story and how she gets to go to the ball and the glass slipper. So grab this book and read it as a bedtime
story to your daughter or son.
The cartoon illustrations are done in what appears to be
water color or colored pencil. I am not completely
sure, but they are very pleasing to the eye.
The illustrations cover both pages with the text on top of them. This story did change the color of the
dresses of the characters from what I am used to but that made it even more
interesting and a nice change of pace.
This book would be good for kindergarten through third
grade. The book is the classic princess
story for any little girl would love to read it or have it read to her. This book would be good for a Language Arts
lesson by reading the story and then asking the students to write a journal
entry on how they would feel if they had that type of life. It would also be good for a character education
class be teaching equality and kindness to others. This book would also be good for a social
studies lesson on how people lived during different time periods. As of today I could not find any honors for
this book.
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