Sweet-tempered and hard-working Cinderella Penguin labors hard and is taken advantage of by her stepmother and stepsisters. The Great Fairy Penguin magically allows her to attend a ball where she meets the Penguin Prince who falls in love with her.

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This is pretty much the same story as the classic cinderella & evil step sisters story but with adorable penguins.

I loved this penguin twist on the classic cinderella. The illustrations are super cute, I love the glass flipper!!

This story takes the classic story of Cinderella and gives it a twist. Instead of all of the characters being human, they are penguins! Cinderella is treated very horribly by her stepmother and stepsister. Her fairy godmother makes all of her dreams come true when she puts together a dress for her which allows her to go to the ball just like her step sisters. She goes to a ball, meets the prince and then they fall in love. She has to leave a midnight so she runs off and she leaves her flipper in the process. The prince is able to find her by having her try on the slipper which fits her perfectly.

I really enjoyed the video format of this book! It was super humorous to see this story with penguins. I was able to read the book and it was everything I expected but it did not exceed my expectations. It was a little more humorous to see the penguins in the video versus reading the story. The story is the same so I found reading it a little boring. The video format would work really well in a classroom. ( )

Cinderella as a penguin suffers all the misfortune as her traditional Cinderella counterpart. She is made to clean, and in this version has to sleep on a mere shelf. Eventually she goes to the royal ball after her fairy godmother transforms her into a well dressed beauty with glass flippers. She falls in love with the prince, and when he comes to look for her, that glass flipper fits!

The illustrations in this story were so enjoyable. Plump little penguins are not what you think of as portraying beautiful princesses, but the humor in the depiction of these well known characters is what makes this telling of Cinderella memorable. This telling of Cinderella would make a great addition to a collection of Cinderella stories.

This book is about a penguin named Cinderella who lived with three steps sisters and the step mom. She wanted to go to the ball but the three step sister won't let her. I like this book because its like the original Cinderella but with penguin instead of humans. I would use this book in my classroom because its a different way of presenting the story of Cinderella.This book would be good for begging readers. ( )

the basic story of cinderella but with penguins
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I really liked this book. The first reason I liked this book was because of how the author kept the events in the story the same as the traditional Disney Cinderella story. For example, there was a fairy penguin that played the role of the fairy Godmother. Another example is when the stepmother and stepsisters who didn’t let Cinderella go to the ball. That was also an event that occurred in the original Disney Cinderella story. The second reason I liked this book was because the author used penguins. For example, instead of it being a glass slipper it was a glass flipper. That made it more interesting and related to penguins. Another example of why I liked the penguin theme was because it takes away from the illustrator having to choose a race. This eliminates any students from feeling left out. I believe that the big message of the story is that everyone can have a happy ever after no matter how bad situation you are in. ( )

Genre: I would classify this as traditional literature under the subtitle of a fairytale, because even though it is about penguins, it has the basic structure of Cinderella, with only about two details that are different about it (including the penguin as the main character). The illustrations are outlandish and fun and the students would enjoy them. Traditionally, one can predict the outcome of this story because it is extremely close, if not almost exactly identical, to the original plotline of the Cinderella story, down to the characters, the shoe being left behind, the ball, and living happily ever after as the last line of the story.

The media used in this book, I believe was either ink or some kind of watercolor and acrylic paint. The colors are solid and the details are varied, but they are not small enough to have ink work or small etching done. The colors are modern and the drawings are also of the modern variety. The characters are very humorous to look at and the illustrations are what make the story so much better in my opinion. ( )

It's the pictures that make this book work. My favorites are the costumes at the ball. I love the Carmen Miranda penguin, the giraffe, the Viking, the pirate, the moose. But when the Great Fairy Penguin turns the cheese into a coachman, that's pretty stinking hilarious too. ( )