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Cinder Edna

Ellen Jackson

199832 pagesabout 30–45 minutes
1998
first published
  • 1994Harper CollinsISBN 9780688123222
  • 1999Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613104999
  • 1998HarperTrophy · 32 pages · ENGISBN 9780688162955

Once upon a time there were two girls who lived next door to each other. Cinder Edna was forced to work for her wicked stepmother and stepsisters, just as her neighbor, Cinderella, was. But Cinder Edna did things a bit differently. When Cinderella was done with her chores, she sat among the cinders to keep warm, thinking about her troubles. Edna, on the other hand, had learned a thing or two from doing all that housework, such as how to make tuna casserole sixteen different ways and how to get spots off everything from rugs to ladybugs. And she was strong and spunky and knew some good jokes. Then one day the king announced that he would give a ball ...

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Character focusSingle lead

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Reading situationRead aloud
ThemesMorality
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