Cinderhazel

Lattimore, Deborah Nourse

ISBN 10: 0439394716 / ISBN 13: 9780439394710

Published by Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002

About this Item

This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cinderhazel
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0439394716
• ISBN 13: 9780439394710
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

Filled with wonderful details and funny mishaps, this spin on the classic Cinderella fairy tale is the perfect Halloween treat.

Cinderhazel is a blond witch who loves dirt more than anything. When her stepsisters and stepmother fly oiff to attend the annual Halloween witches' ball, where the elusive Prince Alarming will make an appearance, they leave Cinderhazel behind. All her attempted spells turn to dust -- until her witchy fairy godmother appears and sends Cinderhazel off to meet the equally messy prince. Could this be the beginning of filthily ever after?

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2. A comic take on the "Cinderella" theme. Hazel is a determined witch who loves dirt, although the reason for this obsession is never revealed. She is delighted when her snobby stepsisters and stepmother call her "Cinderhazel." When the trio flies off to the Witches' Halloween Ball in hope that reclusive Prince Alarming will finally choose a bride, they leave her behind. Hazel, however, is unconcerned?she doesn't want to dance with "some hoity-toity prince" anyway. But when her Godwitch informs her that the Prince is really the "King of Dirt," Hazel is intrigued and zooms off to the palace on her once-broken broom, now magically transformed into a Hoopler vacuum cleaner. While Hazel and the Prince have their disagreements, true love wins out and they live "filthily ever after." Children will delight in Lattimore's humorous watercolor illustrations of green-faced witches with wild frazzled hair. However, while the plot adheres to the motifs of the traditional Cinderella tale, the premise isn't very imaginative. Some of Hazel's antics will surely provoke giggles, but the overall tone of the story is rather ho-hum. The text contains some clever wordplay, but one of Hazel's chants misses completely ("wing" is supposed to rhyme with "clean"). Despite the subtitle, Halloween is barely mentioned. With humorous gems such as Don Freeman's Space Witch (Puffin, 1979; o.p.) and Ellen Jackson's Cinder Edna (Lothrop, 1994) in most collections, feel free to sweep this one under the rug.?Nancy Menaldi-Scanlan, LaSalle Academy, Providence, RI
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