Title: Interstellar Cinderella
Author: Deborah Underwood
Illustrator: Meg Hunt
Genre: Modern Fantasy
Awards: Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Picture Books (2015) & The Magnolia Award Nominee for K-2 (2017)
Ages: Kindergarten and up
Summary:
An imaginative retelling of Cinderella, this book shows us Interstellar Cinderella, a young girl who loves to fix things. She dreams of being a mechanic, fixing ships and gadgets. Her evil stepsisters and stepmother don't allow her to go to the Prince's space ship parade unless she can fix her own space ship. Thankfully, her fairy god-robot comes and helps her fix the ship so she can go to the parade. She even helps fix the prince's ship when it breaks during the parade and the prince is so impressed he invites her to the ball. They talk and have a good time but she must leave early. The prince then searches the galaxy to find the girl who fixed his ship and he is reunited with Interstellar Cinderella at last. Cinderella gets to become the chief mechanic and she made a wonderful new friend.
Illustrator: Meg Hunt
Genre: Modern Fantasy
Awards: Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Picture Books (2015) & The Magnolia Award Nominee for K-2 (2017)
Ages: Kindergarten and up
Summary:
An imaginative retelling of Cinderella, this book shows us Interstellar Cinderella, a young girl who loves to fix things. She dreams of being a mechanic, fixing ships and gadgets. Her evil stepsisters and stepmother don't allow her to go to the Prince's space ship parade unless she can fix her own space ship. Thankfully, her fairy god-robot comes and helps her fix the ship so she can go to the parade. She even helps fix the prince's ship when it breaks during the parade and the prince is so impressed he invites her to the ball. They talk and have a good time but she must leave early. The prince then searches the galaxy to find the girl who fixed his ship and he is reunited with Interstellar Cinderella at last. Cinderella gets to become the chief mechanic and she made a wonderful new friend.
Illustrations:
Hunt creates beautiful and elaborate illustrations throughout this book allowing the reader to really experience space. She is clever in her use of color and machinery to create a cool sci-fi type environment for this story. The painting like sketches display the characters and events in bold and engaging ways.
In the classroom:
This is a fun book for students to read that puts an interesting spin on the classic tale of Cinderella. It shows a young girl with an amazing practical skill set helping her friends and people in need. Students will enjoy the story along with the rhyming text. A book like this is especially great for young readers who need to see fluency and rhythm in reading.
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