Jump to book subject area navigation Jump to general navigation Jump to start of page content
Search   
Children's 

 

Don't Cook Cinderella (Tape)

Francesca Simon
Read by Simon Russell Beale

A thoroughly subversive and hilarious twist on favourite fairy-tale characters, brilliantly read by Shakespearean actor Simon Russell Beale with lots of silly sound effects and music.
Unabridged

*

Reviews

  

Audio Clip (dontcookcinderella.mp3)

Audio extract

  

*

Author Q&A

  

It's just an ordinary day at Mother Goose's Academy. There's Miss Good Fairy teaching the Three Little Pigs, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood to read and write, while Miss Bad Fairy is inciting the Ugly Sisters, the Big Bad Wolf, Troll, Wicked Stepmother, Wicked Witch and Jealous Queen to gobble them all up. The result? Chaos!

Witty, fast-paced and anarchic, this is a complete story with ten short chapters ('C.A.T. Spells Dog', 'What Troll Learned', 'Snakes and Snails for Lunch') that take us through the school day. This is a wonderful romp that Horrid Henry fans will revel in.

'[Simon Russell Beale's] Big Bad Wolf is growlier than Marlon Brando, and his Jealous Queen more languorous than a casting-couch seductress. Inviting mimicry , too, are the snorts of the three little pigs and the lip-smacking 'yumyumyum' of the nasty but dim Troll' Daily Telegraph

 

"...Francesca Simon's fairytale school story is feisty and funny, blending the familiar with original additions into an entertaining whole".

Julia Eccleshare

The Guardian (Review), Saturday April 16th 2005

*Read more reviews

 

Don't Cook Cinderella (Tape)

Buy Don't Cook Cinderella (Tape) from Amazon
£4.99
Audio Tape
1 tape
Running Time: 1 hour
Unabridged
ISBN-10: 0752872419
ISBN-13: 9780752872414
Publication: May 2005
'don't cook cinderella' is also available in paperback format
'don't cook cinderella' is also available in CD format
'don't cook cinderella' is also available in Audio Download
  Orion Group Publishing logo - link to home page Reading Room * * *