The Stepsisters' Story

Author: Kaye Umansky

Illustrator: Mike Phillips

Publisher: Barrington Stoke

COLLECTION

Learning to read

THEMES

Drama and Theatre Family

YEAR GROUP

Years 5 and 6

BOOK TYPE

Corebooks

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A version of the Cinderella story told from the viewpoint of the ugly sisters, each taking an alternate chapter, which owes as much to pantomime as it does to the traditional tale. The sisters, Lardine and Angula, mock Cinderella mercilessly and they get the last word even though Cinders (aka Miss Terry Stranger) gets her prince.

Other fairy tale revisions from Kaye Umansky:

The Wickedest Witch in the World [Hansel and Gretel] (9781781122013), Barrington Stoke £5.99

The Queen's Tale [Snow White] (9781781122020), Barrington Stoke £5.99

The 13th Fairy [Sleeping Beauty] (9781781123492), Barrington Stoke £5.99

Prince Frog Face [The Frog Prince] (9781781124437), Barrington Stoke £5.99

For a list of Cinderella stories from around the world see here.