| Title | : | Seriously, Cinderella Is SO Annoying!: The Story of Cinderella as Told by the Wicked Stepmother |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1404870482 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781404870482 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 24 |
| Publication | : | First published July 1, 2011 |
Seriously, Cinderella Is SO Annoying!: The Story of Cinderella as Told by the Wicked Stepmother Reviews
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Cute :) Not as funny as I thought it would be but still amusing.
The artwork was well done, cute and bright đ.
Artwork: 3.5 stars đ
Story: 3 stars đ
Wouldn't mind seeing DisneyPlus series with these type of stories. Bet they would come up with sone good ones. -
I like the idea of a fairy tale being told from another characters point of view, but we miss out on SO MUCH of the fun with this version, as the stepmother isn't around to see Cinderella's fairy godmother, and the pumpkin coach, etc. I guess that was the main problem with this: it wasn't fun.
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Iâm not gonna lie, the twist was pretty funny and believable for this realm of make-believe. -
A hilarious version of the Cinderella story told from the stepmother's POV, suggesting she wasn't so wicked after all. -
Reading Source: Kindle, Prime Reading (Free).
Content: Ebook
Length: 15 Pages
(Details actual Length is 24 Pages).
It was a quick read and a little funny.
It is told from the stepmotherâs perspective. But, imagining from her point of view on cinderella.
She really did talk a lot and most would not believe her stories. I do like this version of the story, but Cinderella fairytale is still my fave because I grew up on it and it is a fairy tale. Cinderella remakes or different versions are always nice to see as the years go by.
A good learning childs book and discussion about other characters point of views in a story. -
Book Title: Seriously, Cinderella is so Annoying!
Short Description of the Book: In this story, the story of Cinderella is retold but from the point of view of the Wicked Stepmother.
FOCUS: Narrative Features I would Use in a Mini-Lesson:
1)Point of View: I would use this story to encourage students to think about how a story is different when it is told from different points of view. This particular story uses humor to show the entire Cinderella story from the view of the Wicked Stepmother. The author portrays the Wicked Stepmother as a misunderstood character who really does care for Cinderella.
TEACH: CCSS Connection:
4.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
**1. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
**2. Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
3. Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
4. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
5. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Mini Lesson-
1-Have students share the story elements from the classic Cinderella story. Allow students to turn and talk with their writing partner to share how they predict the story will be different when told from the Wicked Stepmotherâs point of view.
2-Read aloud the book. Use a double bubble map (Venn Diagram) to compare the two stories. Have students reference the text when sharing the differences.
3-Ask students to share ways that other fairy tales could be different from a different charactersâ point of view. Ask students to explore the idea of telling a story from a different point of view while they are writing today. Encourage them to explore a fairy tale they are familiar with, or a narrative story that they have recently written.
4-Allow share time at the end of workshop and an authorâs chair time as well.
EXPECTED OUTCOME: Students will recognize how the narratorâs point of view can change the story dramatically. Students will be able to use dialogue and description to develop events and/or show the responses of characters to situations. I hope that my students will be able to write one of their personal stories from a different point of view, or be able to rewrite a fairy tale that they are familiar with from a different characterâs point of view. -
Everyone knows the story of Cinderella and her evil stepmother and stepsisters, but maybe just maybe there is more to the story. Maybe Cinderella is not as innocent as she seems. According to her stepmother Cinderella never stops talking and the only reason she had to stay home from the ball was because she was sick. Could that be the truth?
I would recommend this story to teachers who want their students to learn that there is always more then one side to a story. For teachers of older students this would be a great book to start a writing assignment from.
Shakan, T.S. & Guerlais, G. (2012). Seriously, Cinderella is so annoying!: the story of Cinderella as told by the wicked stepmother. Mankato, Minn.: Picture Window Books. -
A cute little twist on the story we all know. This is more of a comical, wholesome take on the story so no one is left looking like the evil villain. It was free on Prime so I figured why not.
Recommended for ages 2-8 maybe, definitely a good pick for a quick bedtime read with your little one. -
This was a great exercise in viewing the other side of the story! I especially like the ideas at the back of the book as an example of distinguishing the differences in both the classic tell and the stepmother's version. This would be a great storytime lesson for elementary age kiddos
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I didn't expect an illustrated version with very few pages. The book would have been hilarious if it was written like a novel. I liked the way they told about why Cindy is so annoying because I found all those things annoying while watching the movie đđ It was good. But not that good. Cindy darling, only 2 stars for your step-mom!
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POV is everything
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A short children's book that explores different points of view and unreliable narrators. A good literary lesson!
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Content: Clean
It's not my favoritretelling to put it nicely... and I'm known for having a lot of Cinderella retellings. -
It's Cinderella but we follow the stepmother's POV. It's lowkey hilarious.
Such beautiful illustrations too! -
This was a cute book to teach POV
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As I was searching for interesting versions of the traditional tale of Cinderella, I found a video on Youtube with an interesting title. It was, ¨Seriously, Cinderella is SO Annoying: The Story of Cinderella as Told by The Wicked Stepmother¨ by Trisha Speed Shaskan and illustrated by Gueralis. I found the title and cover page to be very intriguing. Instead of the narrator being from the 3rd person point of view with Cinderella as the main character, the story of Cinderella is told by the Wicked Stepmother in 1st person point of view.
I watched a Youtube video read-aloud of the text and found it to be very entertaining. The evil Stepmother isnât so evil anymore when you hear the story from her point of view. She married Cinderellaâs dad who quickly left on a business trip which left her and her twin daughters to listen to Cinderella tell stories all day and all night. She would never stop talking, it was so annoying to them. The house was so dusty and messy that they tried to give Cinderella tasks to help clean just so that they could have some peace and quiet but she finished each of the tasks so quickly that they didnât know what to do with her and she would go right back to jabbering again.
When the invitation to the ball came from the prince, Cindy, as her Wicked Stepmother refers to her, was horse because of all of her storytelling and wasnât feeling well so she ordered her to stay home so that she would feel better. Then some beautiful girl showed up at the ball in an amazing ball gown that the Wicked Stepmother adored. Finally, when the prince came around the next day, she wanted the glass slipped to fit the feet of her daughters so that they could get married to the prince, but was happy when Cindy became his bride ultimately because it took her off of their hands. In a humorous illustration of their wedding, the prince is shown sweating once he got to know the annoying Cindy better. The final page reads, ¨A few days later, the prince married Cindy. Poor man. He had no idea what he was getting himself into. But we lived happily ever after!¨. Cindy is pictured in the middle of a long conversation with the prince and the Wicked Stepmother and the Wicked Stepsisters are high fiving and laughing. I like this ending to the story because traditional tales, ¨often have ritual openings and closings to set the story apart from day-to-day speech¨ (CBICH pg. 191). This is a ritual ending to the story with a twist. No longer are Cinderella and the Prince the ones that are living happily ever after per the norm, but the Stepmother and Stepsisters live happily ever after without the annoying Cindy.
I enjoy this new take on the traditional tale. In Childrenâs Books in Childrenâs Hands it states that, ¨writers and illustrators can create interesting effects by playing a new take on a story against the familiar one the reader already knows.¨ Instead of the story being focused on Cinderella, it is fun to hear a different perspective where the Wicked Stepmother and Stepsisters have more personalities besides being just evil and selfish, though they still are slightly in this version. It is also a fun twist to have Cinderella be annoying to others since she is always portrayed as being perfect in the traditional Cinderella tale. It is a nice addition to this traditional tale to add some depth to the Wicked Stepmother character. ¨Main characters in folktales are contrasted in the extreme--they are either very good or very bad¨, and ¨folktales introduce very good characters and very bad characters and run them through a sequence of events as the problem is presented, attempts to solve it are tried, and a solution is found. In other words, folktales give prominence to plots¨ (CBICH pg. 193). It is refreshing to have a version of a traditional tale where the main character is not just always good or always bad, perfect or evil. It makes the Stepmother a more dynamic character as well as Cindy who isnât just beautiful, nice and perfect.
I also found it interesting that Cinderella is pictured as a redhead and the prince has darker skin and darker hair. This is consistent with the other version of the traditional tale of Cinderella that I read, Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood. When I picture Cinderella and the Prince, I view them as they were depicted in the Disney Movie: Cinderella has extremely light skin, light colored eyes and blonde hair. The Prince has dark brown hair, light brown eyes and still fairly light skin. I wonder why both of the texts that I read were consistent but the Disney depiction is not. I like that these texts illustrate the characters so that they donât just fit in with the majority viewpoint of what princesses and princes should look like. I wonder if the original Cinderella tale describes them as so or more like the Disney version. I am disappointed in Disney for changing this part of the story, if that is the case.
Finally, this text could be used for many classroom instructional purposes. It could be used to compare and contrast character traits of the main characters in the original text and this version of the tale. It could also be a great anchor text for a lesson about perspective. The text alongside a traditional Cinderella text could be used to analyze the difference between 1st person and 3rd person perspectives as well as how and why authors might pick to use different perspectives when writing similar texts. Students could also be challenged to re-write another traditional tale they know of in a differing perspective. This assignment could be applicable for students in higher levels of education like middle school or even high school if versions of traditional tales that were turned into novels were used at a more appropriate reading level. It would also be interesting to read other books by Trisha Speed Shaskan. She has a series of texts like this one called ¨The Other Side of the Story¨, with texts like ¨Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten!¨ and, ¨Truly, We Both Loved Beauty Dearly!¨. This could become a great Traditional Tale and Perspective literacy unit! -
I love a good book that makes you look at the other side of things. This teaches kids to look at the other point of view in a story. In this case we learn that Cinderella was crazy and wouldn't shut up! Come one, the stepmother wasn't that bad was she?
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Surprisingly interesting! I love this version more than its original one. Eventhough it can't explain where the magic is from or whether it's real or not, I find this story so funny, and it has such happy ending for eveyone.
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This story was written by Trisha Speed Shaskan and illustrated by Gerald Guerlais. It was published in 2011. The main character is the wicked Stepmother, since the story is told from her point of view. I found this book on Amazon by searching Cinderella stories from around the world. This story, though not from a different culture, was on the list of different Cinderella stories. This book is recommended for ages 5-9 in preschool-grade 3, but I think depending on how it is used, it could be beneficial for up to 5th grade. This book has not really won any awards or received rave reviews. It has been reviewed by School Library Journal on the Barnes and Noble website though. I listened to a read aloud of this story on YouTube (Allie Kernion). I really enjoyed listening to it in this format. The pictures and text were shown clearly with no shadows or glare and it wasn't blurry. I also liked how the reader read with a lot of expression and had voices for the different characters. She really spoke as Cinderella in a way that made the story somewhat believable and made Cinderella seem a little annoying to me.
Synopsis/Diversity: You think you know the whole story, but this book may change your mind. Told from the point of view of the wicked Stepmother, who may not be so wicked after all, readers get to hear a different side of the Cinderella story and decide for themselves which version of events is the truth. In this story all of the main characters, including the Stepmother, Cinderella, and the stepsisters, as well as Cinderella's dad all appear to be white. Though it is never explicitly mentioned or brought up in any way in the book, the Prince that Cinderella ends up marrying appears to be black or at least a person of color, as evidenced by his skin tone and his hair.
The illustrations in this book are colorful and whimsical, and are highly dramatized, much like the events/text in the story. The pictures add more than the words provide to readers as well. For example, on one page, the Stepmother talks about how annoying Cinderella's stories are. She does not mention plugging her ears, but readers can see the stepsisters with broccoli and sausages in their ears as Cinderella is telling a story, indicating they are annoyed with her stories as well. The facial features of the characters seem exaggerated too. The Stepmother's face seems like she is wicked and annoyed easily. She has thin eyebrows, pursed lips, and a pointy nose. Cinderella on the other hand is portrayed as somewhat dense and annoying and her features aren't as beautiful or refined as her stepsisters. Her hair is messy, her eyes are big and appear innocent, and it looks like she is missing teeth or has buck teeth.
I like that this version was told from a different perspective, giving the traditional story a new take, but I just found that the events didn't make sense, match up to the original version, and didn't help me believe the Stepmother's perspective any more than before. It was actually kind of mean spirited and only made me believe the Stepmother was wicked after all. For example, the Stepmother claims that she kept giving Cinderella chores because she finished them so quickly and she wanted to keep her occupied because she kept telling made up stories that were annoying, so she just wanted her to go away. She also claims she told Cinderella she had to stay home from the ball because she was sick and lost her voice. I just feel like it is unbelievable and still makes the Stepmother seem mean. It doesn't help contribute to the original story in any way either. I realize that this may be intentional and may be the point of the author, to show that the Stepmother really is wicked and isn't to be believed, but I'm not sure.
This story follows the typical pattern of a traditional story. It has an interesting beginning and the typical "happily ever after" ending. It has elements of magic, so it is considered a fairy tale. The characters are not extremely developed, and more emphasis is clearly placed on the plot, though this story feels rushed and not well put-together. The setting is typical of traditional literature, with the story taking place in Cinderella's father's mansion and in a kingdom, with Cinderella moving to a castle at the end of the story.
Though I think this story could have been better, I could see the benefits of using it in the classroom. It is a good introduction into analyzing stories from different perspectives. The author also provides some great discussion/critical thinking questions at the end of the book that I think would be a helpful way to use the book in the classroom. For example, the author writes that students could read this and a classic version of Cinderella and compare/contrast the stories. The author asks students to consider the fact that most versions are told from an invisible narrator's perspective, but this version is different. Students can discuss which point of view they think is more honest and why. Other discussion questions include students deciding which character they would want to be from this version of the story and why, and to think about how different fairy tales would be different if the point of view the story was told in changed. -
was cute, not quite as whimsical as I'd have hoped, but cute
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Short and silly retelling. We liked it. I was able to get the ebook from Amazon Prime for free.
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I found Seriously, Cinderella is so Annoying! written by Trisha Speed Shaskan in my school's Library. This story is told by the wicked step mother.
This is a silly story that makes the reader see Cinderella in a whole new light. The story starts off with the wicked step mother and her two daughters walking into the house that has cobwebs and dust all over it. The wicked step mother claims that Cinderella tells a lot of made up stories about talking to animals. The wicked step mother gives her jobs such as cleaning the house and washing the clothes to get her to stop talking to them. One day, an invitation for the Royal Ball comes to the house. However, the day of the Ball Cinderella loses her voice, so the wicked step mother tells Cinderella that she should stay home and get some rest. Cinderellaâs fairy godmother comes and makes Cinderella ready for the Royal Ball. Cinderella goes to the Ball and dances with the Prince but does not say a word because she does not have a voice. Cinderella loses her glass slipper on her way out. The Prince looks around for the owner of the shoe. The Prince finds Cinderella and the wicked step mother is happy to get rid of her because the house would finally be quiet.
This book would appeal to younger students because of the colorful pictures, and would also appeal to older students because of the humor. I could see using this story to show a different version of the story and let my students see different perspectives of the characters. I could also use this to compare and contrast the traditional Disney Cinderella with this story's plot and setting. -
Through the take of the classic story- Cinderella- takes a take to another direction from the stepmother's perspective. This perspective doesn't show Cinderella as the quiet and obedient child- servant for her stepfamily. This perspective views Cinderella as a talkative weirdo and seems crazy than magical. This is seen as a pattern with her family getting annoyed by Cinderella and happy to get rid of her. This may seem harsh but the stepmother feels bad for the prince because of how loud Cinderella is even after the story ends with her in a happy ending. The illustrations are simple and bland with some colors being vibrant and cheerful to fit the story.
As a classic, I found the story way more entertaining than its original version or the one that is seen with Disney. There is a consequence when the prince seeks Cinderella and has the reader wonder how long will the prince stay happily ever after. The language used doesn't keep with the oral tradition told from the story and more into the humor that can be seen from the story. The funny parts are more emphasized with how foolish Cinderella is and is seen with how the illustrations are drawn to show this style. I liked the story because it takes a different perspective in the stepmother's story and a much lighter tone than the original story. I would have the students in my class read this book more for pleasure or as a way to start a creative writing activity. -
This is a twist on the classic Cinderella story. The story is told from the perspective of the "Wicked Stepmother." She claims that when she moved in with Cinderella and her father that there was dust everywhere! Cinderella loved to tell stories about talking animals and their problems as she cleaned along side her stepmother and stepsisters. The stepmother claims that Cinderella cleaned everything so fast that she gave her more tasks and more tasks to complete. Then they were all invited to a ball and Cinderella lost her voice so she couldn't go. But in the end, the story ends with the Prince and Cinderella dancing the night away and the Prince finding Cinderella's shoe. They all lived happily ever after.
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I can't say I enjoyed the book much but I did give it 3 stars for the art and concept. It failed to show why Cinderella's annoying and only emphasized that the stepmother could care less for Cinderella. The three sisters are supposed to be young- maybe in their teens yet, even though Cinderella perfectly does the job she is told to do, the stepmom couldn't be bothered to listen to her fanciful tales. And say that she did put up with it, we as readers weren't shown this well enough to feel how she feels.
She may not be a wicked mom, but she's not that much better...
Another thing, just because I'm picky about children's books, I felt like the narration lacked fluidity on some parts but I don't think it takes away from the story.
