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| View Larger Image | Cinderella: A Read-Aloud Storybook
by RH Disney
| | List Price: | $8.99 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 292611 | | Studio: | RH/Disney | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Reading Level: | Ages 4-8 | | Number Of Pages: | 72 | | Publication Date: | October 25, 1999 | | Publisher: | RH/Disney |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
The complete retelling of favorite Disney movies in a true read-aloud style. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 15 reviews)
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A Classic, With Many Life Lessons 
This is a pure classic, with many life lessons that withstand the test of time.
* You get more out of life with a little honey, than a little vinegar
* Cinderella, don't worry if your dress turns back to rags, Prince Charming will still love you
* What goes around, Comes around
* We are not all that you see from the outside
This messages to young women are messages that can carry them through thick and thin. It is a tremendous asset, especially for those who want to feel like Princesses, and the parents who crave those feeling for thier children.
June 10, 2006 | |
Wonderful and Timeless Classic
Cinderella is a children's classic romantic story that is timeless. The story has been adapted for various movies. I read the story decades ago when I was a kid. It was only recently when I was looking for a present for my five years old daughter that I bought the book and went through it again with her. We also saw the excellent video that complemented the beautiful story in the book.
Briefly the story goes like this. Cinderella lives with a mean stepmother and two ugly stepsisters. She works hard all day long on household chores such as cleaning, washing and cooking. Her only friends are two little mice, two birds, a dog and a horse.
One day, the prince was holding a ball where he was going to choose a wife. The stepsisters were going to the ball hoping to be chosen as the prince's bride. Cinderella also wanted to go but the stepmother told her that she could not go because she did not have a gown to wear. However, Cinderella's friends, the mice and birds sew ribbons and bows to her dress, making it look pretty. When the stepsisters saw this, they tore it to pieces. Then Cinderella's fairy godmother appeared and used her magic wand to make a coach drawn by horses, with a coachman and footman. So Cinderella went to the ball. The prince saw Cinderella and fell in love and they danced together. However, Cinderella had to leave before midnight.
As the clock struck midnight, Cinderella runs away and one of her glass slippers falls off her foot. The prince looks for her and on finding the shoe, declares that any girl whose foot fitted the shoe would be his wife. Since only Cinderella can fit it, she is eventually found and she marries the prince and they live happily ever after.
This is good reading for young ones as they can learn the values of being good and kind to one another and avoid being mean and cruel. The book has pretty colours and it is easy for children to read and follow the story. The only blemish is describing some people as ugly when in fact all God's children are beautiful.
February 21, 2006 | |
Absoulutely unforgettable
this book still makes me laugh and smile when i read it and it will alwyas be a classic, and will be told from generations from generations, the mice are hilarious, and of course it teaches you of the friendship you make.
December 16, 2005 | |
Lovely book 
The Cinderalla book was delightful. My granddaughter loves it. Very colorful and easy to read to her.
September 13, 2005 | |
Beautify Disney illustrations but poorly written 
I admit to being a Disney nut when I was a kid although Sleeping Beauty was my favorite "princess". When someone gave this to my 3 year old daughter I honestly thought she was a bit young to get into the whole "Prince Charming will sweep me away" thing. Unfortunately she is obsessed with both the book and the movie. There are the obviously dated themes of the stepmother and sisters (notice how apparently a big nose and brown eyes make someone instantly ugly?) and the getting married after a few dances. But in addition to that, which I could have overlooked, is the fact that the book is simply poorly written. The illustrations are taken directly from the movie and are beautiful. But the grammer is atrocious and the story lacks the continuity of the movie. I dread having to read this to her at bedtime.
June 21, 2004 | |
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