Author/Illustrator: Pamela Duncan Edwards and Henry ColeLauren's Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Dinorella follows the traditional cinderella story with dinosaurs as its characters. Dinorella gets dressed up, with the help of a fairy, and heads to a party. On her way there, the boy dinosaur, Duke, that everyone wants to be with is being attacked by a carnivore. Dinorella is brave and fends off the bad dinosaur with a diamond that she threw at him. Duke finds the diamond that leads him to Dinorella. They live happily ever after.
This book consists of that happily ever after aspect that most fairy tale books do. I do like how the woman is the one to save the man, rather than, vice versa. This book is easy to follow because of its resemblance to the cinderella story. However, with its excessive use of words beginning with the letter 'd', it is very hard to understand what is being said. A lot of the words are very complex and hard to understand for a young reader. The placement of the words within the illustrations are clever. The story consists of excellent illustrations that contain lots of detail. The use of space and composition are especially important within the book. Without the words, this book would have gotten a higher rating. The text takes away from the story. I would only recommend this book to children that are advanced readers or I would suggest a picture walk for a younger audience.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Publication date: 1998
ISBN: 0-590-63503-4
We should have looked at this today in our discussion of different versions of the Cinderella story. It looks very different from the other examples we read!
ReplyDeleteThis book is like the ones that we discussed in class. I feel that most of these books that are life the original story are great for students who have multiple interests.
ReplyDeletewhat a creative spin on the cinderella story. i love how pink the dinosaur is!
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