Lastly, this book is great for showing how our culture has taken a popular traditional story like Cinderella and tailored it to fit our culture today. Prince Cinders By Babette Cole Putnam Publishing Group,U.S. It is also a great choice for children who are looking for a humorous read that plays off of a story that they most likely are fairly acquainted with.

This is a great option to engage boys and girls alike in reading and examining the Cinderella story elements as a whole.

Because not only is it perfectly pitched, it’s also very funny. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. Some of the humorous elements include the brothers going to “Palace Disco with their princess girlfriends” and how while Prince Cinders wishes he could be like his brothers he’s reading a book entitled “Use Bicepto Cream”. P rince Cinders by Babette Cole is a masterpiece in a much-maligned genre: the politically correct children’s book. This is important since many Cinderella books are primarily targeted towards girls. The protagonist, Prince Cinders, widens the target audience to boys as well as girls. It maintains most of the necessary components to be considered a Cinderella story, but also puts a humorous spin on the story that most children have heard numerous times. This book plays off of the traditional Cinderella. Awards Won: 1987 Kate Greenaway Medal Nominee.Putnam Publishing Group, 5.

She lives in Lincolnshire with a menagerie of animals.Cole, Babette. BUY THIS BOOK Prince Cinders (Sandcastle) Babette Cole. Babette won The Kurt Maschler Prize for DROP DEAD!. Prince Cinders is a 1987 book by British childrens author Babette Cole. She has produced animated storyboards for the BBC, illustrated numerous greetings cards and books by other authors as well as her own. funny, unrestricted and totally unforgettable' Independent on Sunday.īabette Cole graduated from Canterbury College of Art in 1973 and has been a writer and illustrater ever since. Find out how Princess Smartypants fights to preserve her independence in this hilarious fairy-tale-with-a-difference. But being a rich and pretty princess means that all the princes want her to be their Mrs. Princess Smartypants does not want to get married. Bullied by his three hairy brothers about his less-than-perfect looks, he spends all his time cleaning and tidying up after them. Babette Cole's riotously funny picture book, Princess Smartypants. Vietnamese Autocropversion 0.0.13books-20220331-0.

Prince Cinders by Babette Cole