A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Have Courage, Be Kind: The Tale of Cinderella by Brittany Candau, Cory Godbey
5.0
Reread: I had a terribly bad day today and needed the healing power of this story. And I feel so much better now. Thank you for this magical piece of love and kindness!
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It's hard to say when Cinderella became one of my favorite fairytales. It must be at a very young age, when I identified with her. Although my parents and brother were lovely, my classmates were more often not and it felt comforting that even a fairytale princess had to endure such things. And I can't imagine how much impact it would have had if I had read and seen this version when I was still in school.
This book is everything I had hoped it would be and a million things more. Firstly: The hardcover edition is gorgeous. The drawings are beautiful and they really brought the story to life and in everything the book looks and feels like a true fairytale.
But, it's not just the outside that's pretty and beautiful. It's totally the story itself too! The book captures the movie, the dialogues, the scenery and the exchanged looks and then it adds more and more and more. I really loved those extra scenes that we didn't get to see and the depth the thought process of both main characters added to everything and most of all their relationship.
If I had not already fallen in love with Kit and Ella, I would have fallen in love with them while reading this book. I will certainly read this over and over and over again!
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It's hard to say when Cinderella became one of my favorite fairytales. It must be at a very young age, when I identified with her. Although my parents and brother were lovely, my classmates were more often not and it felt comforting that even a fairytale princess had to endure such things. And I can't imagine how much impact it would have had if I had read and seen this version when I was still in school.
This book is everything I had hoped it would be and a million things more. Firstly: The hardcover edition is gorgeous. The drawings are beautiful and they really brought the story to life and in everything the book looks and feels like a true fairytale.
But, it's not just the outside that's pretty and beautiful. It's totally the story itself too! The book captures the movie, the dialogues, the scenery and the exchanged looks and then it adds more and more and more. I really loved those extra scenes that we didn't get to see and the depth the thought process of both main characters added to everything and most of all their relationship.
If I had not already fallen in love with Kit and Ella, I would have fallen in love with them while reading this book. I will certainly read this over and over and over again!