Cinderella (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading)

This is the exact version I read as a child. My five year old humors me and lets me read it to him, haha!

same book my sister read over and over as a child...she loved the gift thank you for the fast delivery!

Great condition and priced reasonably.

I feel a bit as if I've fallen into some sort of rabbit hole. I know, rabbit hole = completely different fairy tale. Still, how can it be that I'm looking at this Amazon listing for Cinderella and there are no reviews? How's that possible? I'm floored. Well, I've read three editions and am combining the reviews for the purpose of making comparisons easier.First, the recap. Poor Cinderella, force by her mean step family to work her fingers to the bone and all because they're obviously jealous of her beauty. When a chance to go to the ball is dangled mockingly in front of her, her friends and fairy godmother come to her rescue, sending her off in style. And when the prince has the bad timing to fall in love with her just as the clock strikes midnight... well, the stage is set for some backwards shoe shopping. Cinderella has lost her shoe in her mad dash to get home before her chariot turns back into a pumpkin and the prince is determined to find the lovely foot that fits that shoe. (As a totally random thought, I've always wondered what would have happened if Cinderella had been IN the chariot when it turned back into a pumpkin. If you have an answer, please share it.)ISBN 0394925521  Walt Disney's Cinderella (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading)  and ISBN 0717284735  Walt Disney's Cinderella (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading)  (5 stars) - As a kid, the Disney version of this story left me a little baffled. The original story did not have glass slippers - and kids are smart enough to realize glass slippers are kind of dumb! Still, Disney does a wonderful job when they get their hands on such stories. Movies and books and toys and various merchandise turn a simple story like Cinderella into a goldmine that little ones, especially girls, just have to own their fair share of. It's always worthwhile to buy a copy of a book with a Disney movie tie-in and an added bonus is the chance to share a story you loved as a child with your own children. This edition isn't heavy on details, but does manage to capture the most important ones and the Disney illustrations are, of course, movie perfect.ISBN 0785300287  Cinderella (Fairy Tale Treasury, Volume 1)  (3 stars) - Adapted by Jane Jerrard, illustrated by Susan Spellman. Different in this edition: Cinderella's friends don't exist. No mice, no dog, none of them. Also, the coach returns to a pumpkin before Cinderella reaches it, so she is forced to run home in rags. Last, it is the Prince, not his servant, who goes through the kingdom looking for the owner of the shoe, and when he puts it on Cinderella's foot, she is magically attired in a beautiful gown. The illustrations are small, because the book is small, and are a little dingy compared to the vibrancy of Disney images.ISBN 030701035x  Walt Disney's Cinderella, a Little Golden Book  (5 stars) - The two Disney editions that I've reviewed are both excellent, but if I had to choose between them, this one would win hands down. Maybe it's the Little Golden Books touch that does it. The story begins when Ella is a child living with her widowed father, answering some of the questions about how she came to live with such a nasty bunch as her stepmother and stepsisters. And, for that matter, it tells me how she got her name, something not all versions do. The simple fun of seeing Ella, Anastasia and Drizella - and Bruno! - as children was worth a smile. The illustrations in this edition, by Ron Diaz and Bill Lorencz, are superb. There's a lot of "Disney" in them and yet they still have something different, a wider range of emotions and a greater use of light and color, that sets them apart from those books that simply use stills from the movie.- AnnaLovesBooks

This book created by Walt Disney is a simplified version of Disney's animated movie's plot, with very minor differences. As the book is much shorter than the movie a lot of detail is lost, but it is still a good story that is told pretty well. The sentences are short and slightly choppy, something that seems to be universal in Disney's books from the early 1970's.The illustrations are very similar to the animation, just slightly simpler and with no depth/shading. The people's faces do a good job in the book, as well as in the movie, of showing the characters feelings through facial expressions. They are bold and colorful, and do a very good job of showing the story.In short, if you are looking for a companion picture book for Disney's movie, than this is your book. It also stands well on its own, though one or two things may seem slightly random and not quite make sense at first. All in all, this is a good book.Loggie-log-log-log

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I Had This Book In My Childhood This Is A 1995 Edition But With Time I Lost This Book. Somehow I Managed To Buy This Book From Amazon Again. I Bought It For About INR 99. The Book Was Written By Disney Books And Published By Grolier Enterprises In 1995. I Am A 26 Year Old Girl And I Still Find This Book Enjoyable. This Is My Second Read. This Is The Exact Version I Read As A Child. This book is a short and simple version of the film Cinderella and the illustrations are great to draw from. Cinderella Has Always Been My Favorite Disney Princess And I Will Keep Reading It Whenever I Feel To. The Illustrations Of This Book Are Beautiful Though Not The Exact Version Of The Movie But Still That Tried To Keep It The Same As Much As Possible. I Loved Reading It Again.