Cinderella

Cinderella is such a classic and much loved fairytale and the Collins Big Cat Drama of Cinderella is a wonderful, fun and fast-paced version to the story. It has been written by David Wood OBE, an acclaimed children's author famed for bringing 70-plus children's classics to life on stage.

The story is presented as a play featuring all the main characters and would be wonderful to perform with primary aged children. Toby is six and has enjoyed reading this book to his sister, Pippa (nearly three). Pippa is extremely keen on the book and has insisted on it being read every night since seeing Cinderella on the stage at Greenwich Theatre on Boxing Day!

The Collins Big Cat series is designed for use in schools but is a fun read with pacey prose and charming illustrations. It feels both familiar yet contemporary thanks to the entertaining newspaper exclusive at the end of book which reports on "The Ball of the Year" and the Prince's horror that the shoe might fit one of the ugly sisters. This section certainly appealed to Pippa and Toby.

Toby and Pippa are really looking forward to reviewing Shaun's Big Show at half term which is one of David Wood's adaptations of the Aardman classic Shaun the Sheep and tours from February 2011.

Collins Big Cat - Cinderella: Band 10/ White is available from Amazon.