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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2
EAN num: 9780064438643
ISBN number: 0064438643
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 40
Printing Date: December 01, 2001
Publishing house: HarperCollins
Age index: Ages 4-8
Release Date: December 18, 2001
Sale Popularity Level: 64583
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Once upon a time, there was a sweet cowgirl named Cindy Ellen, who lived with the orneriest stepmother west of the Mississippi and two stepsisters who were so nasty, they made rattlesnakes look nice! But when a fast-talkin' fairy godmother teaches Cindy Ellen a little lesson about gumption, Cindy lassos very first place at the rodeo and the heart of Joe Prince....
You may think you've heard the story before-but you'll get a side-splittin' bellyache after you're through with this hilarious rendition told Wild West-style!
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If there's one thing the traditional fairy-tale Cinderella is lacking, it's some rip-snortin', gravel-in-the-gizzard gumption. And until her Wild West counterpart, Cindy Ellen, meets her own fairy godmother, she too is sorely deficient in the grit and guts department, even if she is a durn good cowgirl. Cindy Ellen's meaner-than-a-rattlesnake stepmother bullies her into doing all the dirty work on the ranch and forbids her to attend the biggest event of the season, a rodeo and square dance. Enter her spur-jangling, gun-firing, no-nonsense fairy godmother: 'Magic is plumb worthless without gumption.... Stop that tomfool blubbering, and let's get busy.' And just like that, Cindy is outfitted in the 'finest riding clothes west of the East,' including a pair of diamond-studded spurs. You can guess the rest. It involves six cactus mice transformed into six dappled horses, a lost diamond spur, and a rodeo champion by the name of Joe Prince.
Simply put, Cindy Ellen is a riot. Joined with Jane Manning's over-the-top illustrations, this sidesplitting retelling of a classic will keep young buckaroos in stitches. Susan Lowell has enchanted readers with several earlier Wild West remakes, including The Bootmaker and the Elves and The Three Little Javelinas. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
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Susan Lowell is a genius. You can't help but read her books with a twang in your voice, and my child loves books read with funny voices. Cindy Ellen is great because it's a "cowboy book" that boys and girls alike can really love. Susan Lowell has produced another wonderful re-telling of a classic tale. Jane Manning's pictures are great, too, they really bring life and sparkle to Ms. Lowell's words.
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Cindy Ellen
By Susan Lowell
Cindy Ellen had stepsisters and they didn't let her do anything. One day they got an invitation to a rodeo, and the stepsisters go but they don't let Cindy go and then she got sad. Then her fairy godmother came and changed her into a nice left. At the rodeo and the dance she met the ranchers son. The ranchers son goes around to see who fits the spur then gets to Cindy's house and the stepsisters try it on, it doesn't fit, Cindy tries it on it fits, and the ranchers son and Cindy get married.
The theme is good vs. evil because Cindy Ellen is good and her stepmother is bad and good is trying to win to marry the prince. The message is don't judge a book by its cover because Cindy Ellen thinks she is not beautiful just like how people think books aren't good because of its cover. The genre is fantasy fiction because there is a fairy godmother and magic. I recommend this book to somebody who has problems with there family because Cindy Ellen has a problem with her stepmother and stepsisters.
I liked that it wasn't a regular Cinderella story it was a western Cinderella story. And I liked how different the fairy godmother is dressed; she is dressed like a cowgirl. Also I loved the pictures they actually looked like a real desert. And in some of the pictures they didn't need words. And I really liked that it didn't take place in castles it took place at a desert. Also I liked at tethers end when they rode off they went in a wagon. It was kind of different then others. Also she didn't get rich at the end.
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I read this book with my daughters at the public library one day and started looking to buy it from that moment! While my daughters loved it -- I think I liked it more! It is even better if you can read it aloud with a drawl and a western accent. When one of my daughters was in the very first grade, they had Dads take turns coming in and reading a couple of books to the children. Some of the boys began to complain when they thought I was going to read them a Cinderella story . . . but by the end of the book, they were fans, too! (Since I don't have any sons, that is the best I can offer from a boys' perspective.)
A great book for everyone!
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if you have ever seen Cindy Ellen, you have to read it. It has a prince that's really hilarious. And CIndy Ellen has 2 step-sisters. They like to treat Cindy Ellen bad to the bone. --by Meg, age 5 1/2, Feb. 2003
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When sweet Cindy Ellen's father marries his ornery new wife, she and her nasty daughters take to picking on Cindy. This retelling of the traditional Cinderella tale is full of "twirling swirling" fun. Cindy's fairy godmother helps her get to both the wild and woolly rodeo and the square dance where Cindy Ellen meets the rodeo champion Joe Prince. Of course, sparks fly - as does Cindy at the stroke of midnight, leaving Joe Prince to search out his lost cowgirl. In this version, Cindy Ellen must gather her gumption to receive the fairy godmother's magical gifts and the result is a cowgirl who is strong as well as pretty, making this a positive read for both children and parents.
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