Cinderella Ate My Daughter:Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture

The acclaimed author of the groundbreaking bestseller Schoolgirls reveals the dark side of pink and pretty in this wake-up call to parents: the rise of the girlie girl is not that innocent. (From  Author Website  Peggy Orenstein Berkeley resident)

Library holding for title Cinderella ate my daughter and more library titles on girl psychology

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13 Versions of Cinderella

Thursday Thirteen #64

I love Fairy Tales, and I am especially fond of Cinderella. So, what better Thursday Thirteen to offer during a week that is just crazy busy? Why, thirteen different versions of the Cinderella story, of course!

13 Cinderellas:

1. Cindy Ellen by Susan Lowell

2. Cinderella Skeleton by Robert D. San Souci

3. Before Midnight by Cameron Dokey

4. Cendrillon by Robert D. San Souci

5. Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix

6. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

7. The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo

8. Ella’s Big Chance by Shirley Hughes

9. Chickerella by Mary Jane and Herm Auch

10. Abadeha: The Philippine Cinderella by Myrna J. De La Paz

11. Fair, Brown, and Trembling: An Irish Cinderella Story by Jude Daly

12. Little Gold Star: A Spanish-American Cinderella Tale by Robert D. San Souci

13. Domitila: A Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Tradition by Jewell Coburn

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Cover Art: Cinderella by K Y Craft

This version of Cinderella is yet another example of the incredible work of K Y Craft. Her art always seems to be full of light and minute detail. In this case, that attention to detail is not confined to the cover. This is the kind of book that makes you want to go buy prints of the artwork and hang it around your house. Actually, it is a dream of mine to own some of her original artwork. It looks like I may need to win the lottery first, though.

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