Cinda Meets Ella (Fairly Queer Tales #2)

by Wallace West (Author)

Cinda Meets Ella (Fairly Queer Tales #2)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

In this western-style twist on Cinderella and follow up to Mighty Red Riding Hood, Cinda finds a partner in nonbinary Ella at a high-stakes rodeo-style contest!

Cinda sure loves a good adventure...but her life's been nothing but miserable since awful Aunt Hildy and her boys tromped in and took over. So when a mysterious Rider calls a roping-and-riding contest at the Rancho Del Reina, she sure as heck's gotta enter. That cash prize'll buy back her freedom! Can she giddyap and grab the gold--and Ella Del Reina's attention--before sundown?

Told in Wallace West's distinctive, chuckle-inducing read-aloud style bursting with southwestern flair, here is a story that shows readers a different but equally satisfying kind of happily ever after.

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A fantastical romp to lasso any heart.

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Praise for Mighty Red Riding Hood: 

With all the amiability of Todd Parr, the loose cartoon drawing style of the fractured fairy tales from Saturday morning's Bullwinkle & Rocky, and the wide-open welcome of Jonathan Van Ness, this story turns Red Riding Hood inside out and reveals a Southern-fried story of keeping things friendly no matter our differences.... The language will have children laughing, the lesson is sensible not syrupy, and the ending a pure surprise. A classic in the making, for all fairy-tale shelves, and sure to be a read-aloud favorite. —School Library Journal

'Durn' funny...our self-assured, chic protagonist is a joyful model of a 'I'll do me, you do you' attitude. The narrative tone has a sassy irreverence, adding to the story's overall charm. —BCCB

West obviously has had great fun telling his fractured fairy tale in a rustic backwoods dialect and matches it with cartoon-style pictures that capture the antic tone of the text perfectly. His genderflipped classic painlessly defies gender norms to empowering effect. —Booklist

This book is for all the Little Reds who long to be firecrackers. And for all the big wolves who long to do better. —Victoria J. Coe, author of the Fenway and Hattie series

Red's impeccable style and unshakeable confidence are a charming reminder—to kids and adults alike—that we all have the right to express ourselves unapologetically. —Roxanne Fequiere, writer, fashion and lifestyle journalist
Wallace West
Wallace West, a native of Texas, is a graphic designer and copywriter. This is his debut picture book. He lives in San Antonio, and he invites you to visit him at wallacewest.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780316628372
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date
May 20, 2023
Series
Fairly Queer Tales
BISAC categories
JUV002090 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Farm Animals
JUV012030 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | General
JUV013050 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
JUV042000 - Juvenile Fiction | Westerns
JUV060000 - Juvenile Fiction | LGBT
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Fairy tales
Gender identity
Rodeos

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