* Big Foot Cinderrrrrrella  by: Tony Johnston

    This is a remake on the classic "Cinderella." It is a folktale.  It begins with a Bigfoot Yettie creature who lives with her stepmother and wicked stepsisters who despise Rrrrrella, who loves to fish, smells bad, is hairy with big feet, and hates to interupt the forrest.   This stepmother and step sisters are no ordinary bigfoot, they do not like to fish, they hate the wilderness, and pick flowers while disturbing the creatures in the wilderness.  The prince of the Forrest is looking for a bride, and all the eligible bigfoots want to land him, and so there is a festival.  The wicked stepmother and stepsisters tell Rrrrrella she can not attend the festival and must fish for their dinner.  Rrrrrella does as she is told, and goes fishing instead of the festival.  While Rrrrrella is fishing so sees a bear who has not caught any fish, so she shares hers with her so she is not hungry.  In return the bear offers to grant Rrrrella a wish, as she is her beary godmother.  Rrrella says she wishes to go to the festival, and the bear grants it, but before Rrrrella can go the bear gives her log rolling shoes, and tells her she must be back before dark rises.  She tells Rrrrella the shoes will come in handy at the festival.   Meanwhile at the festival the prince is getting exhausted because all the eligible bigfoots are wilderness haters, are not hairy, use flowers to smell pretty, and can not knock him off a log rolling contest.  Rrrrella shows up smelling bad and fishy, is the hairiest Yettie he has seen, and easily knocks him off the log, but soon the sun is setting and Rrrrrella takes off back to her home in the wilderness, but leaves one of her big log rolling shoes behind in her wake.  The prince must find Rrrrella, so he goes in search and has all the bigfoots in the forrest try on this huge shoe.  None of the bigfoots he encounters can fill this shoe, until at the river he sees Rrrrella catching fish, he can smell her and has her try on the shoe, and it fits.  He knows that he has found his wife, and they live happily ever after.   The illustrations are very whimsical, and classically fun.  There are bright colors and depictions of the Forrest, and fun bigfoot Yettie creatures.  This is a fun tale to share. 

genre: traditional
level: k-3rd
year: 1998
illustrator: Warhola
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