CINDERELLA LIBERATOR: A Fairy Tale Revolution

Rebecca Solnit retells 'Cinderella'. A Fairy Tale Revolution is here to remix and revive our favourite stories. 'She looked like a girl who was evening, and an evening that had become a girl...' In the kitchen, in her rags, Cinderella, longs to go to the ball. After all, there is nothing worse than not being invited to the party. Enter her fairy godmother... But that is where the familiar story ends. Cinderella's transformation turns out to be much less about ballgowns, glass slippers and carriages, and much more about finding her truest self. 'She looked down at herself and said 'I have to make breakfast in a few hours and I can't in this beautiful dress; I will spill on it; it will catch fire; it will be in the way.' Suddenly she was all alone in her old patched dress in which she could do anything, play with the dogs, climb the walnut trees, make the messiest cakes, garden where the lizards were basking in the sun.' Finally free from the kitchen cinders, who will she turn out to be? Recommended for ages 6 and up. 32 pages with gorgeous silhouette illus by Arthur Rackham.