Cinderella Penguin, or, The Little Glass Flipper by Janet Perlman

This is just 'Cinderella' but with penguins in all the roles. This book just didn't get there for me, as it's a basic retelling with very few changes from the original and the illustrations are nothing special. Either that, or the illustrations need to be spectacular. Cinderella Penguin is going to the ball! Based on the Academy Award-nominated NFB animated film, this is a Cinderella story for the 21st century.Īt this point, if you're going to retell a fairy tale, you need to be able to bring something new or different to it. That is, until the Great Fairy Penguin arrives to grant her greatest wish. Her stepmother and stepsisters are off to the Penguin Prince's ball, and she's left behind and feeling very sad. Here is the classic tale of Cinderella, featuring a cast of penguins. The most romantic penguin tale ever told! It was later reprised, along with other Basile's tales, by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passe, and by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection Grimms' Fairy Tales.Cinderella Penguin: or, The Little Glass Flipper

The story itself was based in the Kingdom of Naples, at that time the most important political and cultural center of Southern Italy and among the most influential capitals in Europe, and written in the Neapolitan dialect. The first written version was published in Napoli by Giambattista Basile, in his Pentamerone.

Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, is an Italian folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression. These stories have been enjoyed by generation after generation of children in many countries, and are here, waiting to be enjoyed again. Along with the collections of Andersen, Lang, and the Brothers Grimm, the Fairy tales of Charles Perrault is among the great books of European fairy tales. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. Find more at book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Unfortunate] his second choice fell on a widow la y, of a proud and rannical disposition, who had two daug ters by a former marriage, both equally haughty and bad tempered with their mother.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Excerpt from Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper: Embellished With Neat EngravingsWhen the gentleman's grief was a little abated, he felt the want of a wife so much, that he resolved to look out for some prudent lady, who might be a mother to his child, and a companion to himself.

Cinderella Penguin, or, The Little Glass Flipper by Janet Perlman