Customer Reviews

Cinderella (Jump at the Sun Fairytale Classics)

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This is a lovely story that is appropriate for all ages. My girls loved it. It is nice to have fantasy books that feature black girls. I was tired of all their books either having pictures of white children or being about being proud of being black. Sometimes they just want to read a fun fairy tale that happens to feature brown faces. My kids are two and four...not ready to be in the struggle just yet.

This is one of my favorites of this book series because it makes the whole princess stage that all little girls go through accessible to little girls of color. My four year old loves seeing that a princess can look like her. I was thrilled to find this book.

Jump at the Sun is filling a WIDE gap in the market with these classic fairy-tales by satisfying some of the long-unmet interests of African-descent populations. Our American culture is FLOODED with images (photographed or drawn) of European-descent individuals that imply the following message: "This is how beauty is defined." Think about it: when is the last time you have seen a truly dark-skinned, thick-lipped individual whom the mainstream media or Hollywood have boldly declared as beautiful, or even attractive?

It is, indeed, good to open up this beautifully illustrated adaptation of Cinderella with my two little princesses, and help shape their concept of beauty, affirm their sense of self-esteem, and build upon their positive self-image. We've had the book for a couple of years now, and they still enjoy reading it (and looking at the illustrations!).

My daughters eyes were sparkling when I showed her this book. "Cinderella is beautiful" were her exact words. She loves that she looks just like her. I was surprised to find these books on Amazon and have purchased most of the series. This is truly a blessing to our family.

I have enjoyed all of the fairytales by JAG. My 5 year old loves reading these books and having me read to her. Execellent!! Excellent - Excellent!!!

I love to purchase books where my nieces can identify and place themselves in the story. This book is one that allows them to do so. I enjoyed it and so did they.

I decided to get this book for my 4 year old daughter because like every other little girl she is in a phase where she loves princesses. I wanted her to see that they had a cinderella that looked more like her than your typical disney princesses that you find everywhere else in childrens fairytales. But The fairy godmother had blonde hair & clothes. The illustration to me was bad. I think they just added color on top of the original typical book. I decided to teach my daughter that she doesn't have to be a princess who waits to be saved by a man. She now understands that she is a goddess and can save herself. That's my modern baby.