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Cinders

Written and illustrated by Jan Brett

Hardcover

$18.99

$17.66

4 - 8

Reading age

Page count

1,165

Word count

AD840L

Lexile measure

Nov 5, 2013

Publication date

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What's Cinders About

Publisher Summary

Jan Brett sets her Cinderella story in a snowy Russian winter where one magical night, Cinders, the most picked upon hen in the flock, becomes the most loved by Prince Cockerel when she arrives at his ball looking so beautiful that even her bossy sisters don’t recognize her. Jan travelled to Russia and readers will be in awe of the Ice Palace aglow under a deep blue moonlit sky, exquisite ball gowns on the comely pullets, uniforms with gold braids and buttons on the cockerels, striking Russian architecture transformed into ice in the borders, and a very funny flock of chickens who provide an appealing, original look at this snowy Cinderella. Readers will find these dressed up chickens comical as they pour over the extravagant setting, including a “WOW”-inducing double gatefold of chicken couples whirling around the ballroom. A feast for the eyes sure to become a perennial favorite.

What Kind of Book is Cinders

Topics

chickens cinderella stories winter farm animals

Genres

fairy tales fiction fairy tales and folklore folklore fairy tale and folklore adaptations

Reviews

Marmee

4.00

The retelling with chickens seemed at odds with the gorgeous illustrations.

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The Creative Behind the Book

Author & Illustrator

Jan Brett

With over thirty four million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation’s foremost author illustrators of children’s books. Jan lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts, close to where she grew up. During the summer her family moves to a home in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.As a child, Jan Brett decided to be an illustrator and spent many hours reading and drawing. She says, “I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I’m drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.”