Book guide: Cinderella
Finally, Cinderella gets her princess!
A modern interpretation of the classic tale. The princess is so curious about who the dancing stranger was that she sends out her special forces to search.
Questions about joining, dancing and love
It's a party at the castle, everyone is invited, but Cinderella can't go to the party. How do you think she feels then?
When Cinderella comes to the castle, the Princess is happy. They have a lot to talk about. What do you think they are talking about?
Cinderella can't help but dance when she hears the music. Is there a song that you enjoy dancing to?
The princess is happy to see Cinderella dancing and wants to join. What can you do if you want to join in when someone else is doing something that seems fun?
The princess falls in love with Cinderella, why do you think she does? And why do you think Cinderella falls in love with the Princess? What can make one fall in love with another person?
Questions about agents, crowding and sorcery
The princess sends out a special force of shoe agents. If you had a special force that could help you with things, what would you ask them to do?
When Cinderella asks to try the shoe that the shoe agents have with her, her cousin pushes forward. Why do you think he does that? What do you think about it?
In the story, it says that Cinderella is responsible for many chores. What chores do you help with at home?
Cinderella is often dirty with ash because she fires in the wood boiler, that's why she is called just Cinderella. What do you think she thinks of that name? Are you called by something other than your name? What do you think about it?
The good fairy can cast spells! She conjures up a carriage and horses. If you could conjure - what would you conjure?
Body standards
A majority of the bodies that children and adults see in books, advertisements and other things are thin white bodies. Women are often slim and with large breasts, while men are muscular. We rarely see images of trans people and bodies with a non-binary expression. It affects our ideals and the idea of how we should look. The images we are exposed to are not very similar to how people actually look, which makes it difficult for us to feel satisfied with our own bodies. By letting books show many different kinds of bodies, the norms are broken up and other role models are given space. In this book, Cinderella has muscular arms and the princess has a rounder body. We want to make room for more royalty and people with bigger bodies!
About love
Love is a recurring theme in children's books, especially in fairy tales. But the love that children get to share is almost exclusively that between a woman and a man. This means that the expectations of the kind of love that the children are expected to feel become very clear and strong. The need to give and feel love is strong in humans and all children have the right to feel that their love, or that the love that exists in their family is okay. That is why it is important to have books that show many different kinds of love beyond the heteronorm and that we tell all children that girls, hen people and boys can fall in love with one or more girls, boys, hen people. All love is good love and we get all the space under the rainbow!
