Interstellar Cinderella

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Interstellar Cinderella

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Once upon a planetoid,
amid her tools and sprockets,
a girl named Cinderella dreamed of fixing fancy rockets.
With a little help from her fairy godrobot, Cinderella is going to the ball. But when the prince's ship has mechanical trouble, someone will have to zoom to the rescue! Readers will thank their lucky stars for this irrepressible fairy tale retelling, its independent heroine, and its stellar happy ending.

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ISBN-13:	9781452137858
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	05/05/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	69 MB
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Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Deborah Underwood is the author of The Quiet Book (a New York Times bestseller and one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2010) and The Loud Book. Deborah lives in San Francisco.
Meg Hunt is an illustrator, printmaker, educator, and all-around maker of things. Meg lives and works in Portland, Oregon. This is her first picture book.

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Editorial Reviews

"Underwood gives thisCinderella welcome agency and independence."—Publishers Weekly, starred review"
Does Cinderella really need another re-telling? Heck yes!"—Design Mom"
An interesting take on a classic fairy tale."-School Library Journal"
A futuristic version of the Cinderella story starring a determined and independent-minded protagonist. Highly recommended."—A Mighty Girl"
A familiar folktale, but this time with a new, feminist, STEM-celebrating vocabulary and in witty rhyming text.'—Lilith Magazine"
A brilliant twist to the classic fairy tale that enables young readers to meet a brave heroine who can creatively solve problems, work with tools, and be herself."—Geek Dad"
This retelling focuses on what Cinderella can do, not what she can wear."—Horn Book Magazine"
It's the perfect antidote to fantasies of princely rescue."—Chicago Tribune

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In a retelling of the fairy tale, Cinderella lives on a planetoid and dreams of ?xing fancy rockets. Rhyming verse tells how she has to repair dishwashers and such, but at night, she sneaks away to study spaceship repair. There is the Prince’s Royal Space Parade, and Cinderella does not get to go, but the fairy godrobot appears to help her out. When she runs into the stranded prince’s spaceship, she ?xes it for him and they share a friendly moment. She accidentally leaves her socket wrench behind, and soon he ?nds her when she is able to successfully use the wrench to repair the spaceship. There is another twist when the prince asks her to marry him, and she replies that she would rather be his chief mechanic. A fun rendition of the classic fairy tale, it is written with humor and illustrated with large and colorful paintings. This book, with its rhythmic patterns, is a good choice for reading aloud to young children. Reviewer: Vicki Foote; Ages 5 to 7.

Children's Literature - Vicki Foote

06/01/2015
K-Gr 2—In this galactic retelling of the beloved children's story, Cinderella has a knack for repair. With the help of her sidekick, a robotic mouse named Murgatroyd, she tinkers with her stepmother's household appliances, but dreams of repairing spaceships. When an invitation to the Prince's Royal Space Parade arrives, the evil stepmother and her daughters leave Cinderella stranded, zooming into space with her toolbox. With the help of her fairy godrobot, Cinderella fixes a broken rocket and then dons a bejeweled atomic blue space suit, to race across the "starry sky" and join the crowds at the parade. When the royal ship has engine trouble, Interstellar Cinderella comes to the rescue. The grateful prince whisks her away to the Gravity Free Ball. At midnight, Cinderella has to run away, but the couple is reunited when the prince searches the cosmos for her. In a modern twist, Cinderella rejects his marriage proposal, but agrees to become his chief mechanic. The rhyming text is accompanied by somewhat jumbled illustrations painted in shadowy browns, greens, and blues. Cinderella resembles a Disney princess with her wide eyes, red hair and determined expression. The appropriately themed endpapers showcase an array of her space-age tools and gadgets. VERDICT An interesting take on a classic fairy tale.—Linda L. Walkins, Saint Joseph Preparatory High School, Boston, MA

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