When the time comes for the ball, Edna uses her own money for the dress, while Cinderella gets her god mother make her one magically, along with a carriage. They both clean up after their stepmothers and step sisters, but Cinder Edna works on the side, learns to cook different dishes (16 kinds of casserole), learns how to play accordion and how to tell jokes.
This is a hilarious twist on Cinderella fairytale! In the book, next door to Cinderella lives Cinder Edna, who is not as pretty, but smarter and spunkier than her neighbor. The illustrations complement the text nicely. The text is on the lengthy side and familiarity with the Cinderella story is recommended, so this book would probably be best for older elementary school-age children. It inspires girls (and boys) to care more about abilities and attitude than about beauty and luck. This is a lovely twist on the traditional fairy tale of rags to riches. When it comes time to marry, Cinderella is quickly bored with her royal life of doing nothing, while Cinder Edna and her prince choose to make themselves busy with many hobbies and tasks. When it's time for the royal ball, she makes her own dress and meets a younger prince who is interested in all the things she knows and likes, not just the way she looks. But instead of lamenting that fact, Cinder Edna uses it as a way to teach herself to try and do many things. Everyone knows the story of Cinderella, but what about that of her neighbor Cinder Edna? Like her more famous cohort, Cinder Edna has a wicked stepmother and is forced to do many chores.
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