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Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz-Age Cinderella

by Shirley Hughes

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Publisher Comments:

The classic story of Cinderella gains even more charm in this glamorous retelling by world-famous picture book writer and illustrator Shirley Hughes.

Ella Cinders loves helping her father in his dress shop and laughing with her friend Buttons, the store's delivery boy. Then comes the terrible day when her father remarries and everything changes. Her stepmother makes her sew in the dreary basement. Her stepsisters mock her shabby dress. And to top it off, the new Mrs. Cinders forbids Ella to attend the duke's grand ball. Heartbroken, Ella is sure that her life will never be what she dreamed. But with the help of a fairy godmother and some sparkling courage of her own, this Cinderella discovers that dreams can come true in the most unexpected of ways.

Join Ella amidst the dazzle and fashion of the roaring twenties as she takes happily ever after into her own hands!

Review:

"British author Hughes (the Olly and Me series) updates a classic with flapper fashions and an unexpected finish. Red-haired Ella Cinders and her father run their own dress shop, along with their delivery man, Buttons. When Mr. Cinders remarries Madame Rene (who 'seemed to pop up from nowhere like a sharp-eyed, expensively dressed jack-in-the-box'), Ella's life takes a miserable turn as she endures the taunts of her lazy stepsisters, and Mr. Cinders gets 'far too much under his wife's thumb to interfere.' The length of this jaunty, if sometimes cliched, retelling, as well as some of the vocabulary ('languid,' 'divan') and British colloquialisms may prove daunting to a younger audience. However, Hughes's fluid lines and bright colors contribute to illustrations with such graceful movement that they might have been inspired by Fred Astaire and Ginger Roger's movies, as well as by 1920s French couture. Pen-and-inks ornament each framed block of text, and depict either a preceding or subsequent scene to the action shown in the larger full-color illustrations. Most of the tale stays true to the original, but a twist at the end may well leave readers admiring the sprightly heroine in Hughes's version. Ages 4-8. (Oct.) " Publishers Weekly (Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780689873997

Author:

Hughes, Shirley

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Location:

New York

Subject:

General

Subject:

Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks

Subject:

Fairy Tales & Folklore - Single Title

Subject:

Love & Romance

Subject:

Fairy tales

Subject:

Fairy Tales & Folklore - Humorous Retelling

Subject:

Family - Stepfamilies

Subject:

Children s-General

Copyright:

2004

Edition Number:

1st U.S. ed.

Edition Description:

B221

Series Volume:

73

Publication Date:

January 2005

Binding:

HARDCOVER

Grade Level:

Children/juvenile

Language:

English

Illustrations:

YES

Pages:

48

Dimensions:

11.25 x 9.25 in 17.185 oz

Age Level:

4-8

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Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz-Age Cinderella Used Hardcover Shirley Hughes

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Product details 48 pages Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - 2012-07-30 English 9780689873997 Reviews:

"Publishers Weekly Review" by Publishers Weekly, "British author Hughes (the Olly and Me series) updates a classic with flapper fashions and an unexpected finish. Red-haired Ella Cinders and her father run their own dress shop, along with their delivery man, Buttons. When Mr. Cinders remarries Madame Rene (who 'seemed to pop up from nowhere like a sharp-eyed, expensively dressed jack-in-the-box'), Ella's life takes a miserable turn as she endures the taunts of her lazy stepsisters, and Mr. Cinders gets 'far too much under his wife's thumb to interfere.' The length of this jaunty, if sometimes cliched, retelling, as well as some of the vocabulary ('languid,' 'divan') and British colloquialisms may prove daunting to a younger audience. However, Hughes's fluid lines and bright colors contribute to illustrations with such graceful movement that they might have been inspired by Fred Astaire and Ginger Roger's movies, as well as by 1920s French couture. Pen-and-inks ornament each framed block of text, and depict either a preceding or subsequent scene to the action shown in the larger full-color illustrations. Most of the tale stays true to the original, but a twist at the end may well leave readers admiring the sprightly heroine in Hughes's version. Ages 4-8. (Oct.) " Publishers Weekly (Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information, Inc.)