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Cinderelephant

Sometimes, storytellers like to have fun with a classic story. For example a storyteller might ask, “What if Cinderella wanted to play in a hockey game instead of go to a ball?” or “What if we heard the Big Bad Wolf’s side of the story?” Here are some Cinderella stories told with a new spin – the stories are told from a new point of view or have some kind of fun twist to make the story unique. #IndyPLKids Updated July 2026

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  • Axolotl-Ella

    a Sort-of Cinderella Story

    Messner, Kate
    This Axolotl-Ella has a plan and isn't too fussed about wearing the right shoes, or any shoes for that matter! Funny fun!
    Book, 2026California : Ten Speed Young Readers, an imprint of Ten Speed Press, [2026] — J P MES

  • Bubba the Cowboy Prince

    a Fractured Texas Tale

    Ketteman, Helen
    This Cinderella style story set in Texas is about the cowboy Bubba, a wicked rancher and a fairy godmother who is a cow.
    Book, 1997New York : Scholastic Press, 1997. — SHARED SYSTEM

  • Cinderelephant

    Dodd, Emma, 1969-
    A mistreated elephant wins the affection of Prince Trunky with the help of a furry godmouse.
    Book, 2013New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2013. — SHARED SYSTEM

  • Chickerella

    Auch, Mary Jane
    In this silly story all the action takes place in the barnyard featuring a kind chicken, a fashionable Fairy Goosemother, a prince and a Fowl Ball.
    Book, 2005New York : Holiday House, [2005] — SHARED SYSTEM

  • Cinderella and the Furry Slippers

    Calì, Davide, 1972-
    Maybe that ball and castle aren't really all that great? What happens when the glamour of the fairy tale setting itself turns out to be not so shiny or terrific?
    Book, 2017Toronto, Ontario : Tundra Books, [2017] — J P CAL

  • Cinderella's Rat

    Meddaugh, Susan
    The classic story of Cinderella told from the point of view of one of the rats that was turned into a coachman by Cinderella's fairy godmother.
    Book, 1997Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997. — J P MED

  • Cinders

    a Chicken Cinderella

    Brett, Jan, 1949- ,
    The story of bullied hen who arrives at Prince Cockerel's ball looking so beautiful that even her own bossy stepsisters don't recognize her.
    Book, 2013New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2013] — J P BRE

  • Cindy Ellen

    a Wild Western Cinderella

    Lowell, Susan, 1950-
    Cindy Ellen leaves behind one of her diamond spurs at the square dance in this Cinderella story featuring traditions from the American west.
    Book, 2000New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2000] — J 398.2 LOW

  • If the Shoe Fits

    Osmond, Alan
    Cinderella's son wants to win the King's Race and receives some assistance besting his mean cousins from the fairy godmother who helped his mother.
    Book, 1998Nashville, Tenn. : Ideals Children's Books, [1998] — SHARED SYSTEM

  • Splinters

    (this Girl Needs a Miracle....)

    Sylvester, Kevin
    A "fairy goaltender" helps a poor, talented hockey player compete with the jealous blister sisters.
    Unknown, 2010Toronto : Tundra Books, 2010. — J P SYL

  • Twinderella

    a Fractioned Fairy Tale

    Schwartz, Corey Rosen,
    The fairy godmother steps in to help princess twins find their own Prince Charming instead of continuing to split everything in half.
    Book, 2017New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2017] — J P SCH

  • Cinderstella

    a Tale of Planets Not Princes

    Miles, Brenda,
    Stella would rather be an astronaut and go to space than marry a prince.
    Book, 2016Washington, DC : Magination Press, [2016] — J P MIL

  • Very Little Cinderella

    Heapy, Teresa,
    A babysitter fairy godmother makes sure the toddler Cinderella can go to the ball like her sisters.
    Book, 2015Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015] — J P HEA

  • Angelina's Cinderella

    Holabird, Katharine,
    Angelina the mouse goes on tour with Miss Lilly's Ballet School to perform Cinderella.
    Book, 2015New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group, [2015] — J P HOL

  • Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella

    Johnston, Tony, 1942-
    Bigfoot stars in this Cinderella tale set in an old-growth forest.
    Book, 1998New York : Putnam's, [1998] — SHARED SYSTEM

  • Cinder Edna

    Jackson, Ellen, 1943-
    The story of Cinderella and Cinder Edna, who both have cruel stepmothers and stepsisters, but different ideas about happiness and dreams.
    Book, 1994New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, [1994] — J P JAC

  • Fanny's Dream

    Buehner, Caralyn
    A farm girl who dreams of marrying a prince but when her fairy godmother so a no-show notices a local farmer instead.
    Book, 1996New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1996] — SHARED SYSTEM

  • Cinderhazel

    the Cinderella of Halloween

    Lattimore, Deborah Nourse
    An untidy witch named Hazel discovers that Prince Alarming likes dirt as much as she does.
    Book, 1997New York : Blue Sky Press, /bScholastic, [1997] — SHARED SYSTEM