Cinderellis and the Glass Hill [Mass Market Paperback]

Gail Carson levine (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Scholastic (2001)
• ASIN: B0017GIKW6
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Gail Carson Levine grew up in New York City and has been writing all her life. Her first book for children, Ella Enchanted, was a 1998 Newbery Honor Book. Levine's other books include Dave At Night, an ALA Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults; The Wish; The Two Princesses of Bamarre; and her Princess Tales books: The Princess Test, The Fairy's Mistake, Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep, Cinderellis and the Glass Hill, For Biddle's Sake and The Fairy's Return. She is also the author of the picture book Betsy Who Cried Wolf, illustrated by Scott Nash. Gail, her husband, David, and their Airedale, Baxter, live in a two-hundred-year-old farmhouse in the Hudson River Valley.

In Her Own Words..."I grew up in New York City. In elementary school I was a charter member of the Scribble Scrabble Club, and in high school my poems were published in an anthology of student poetry. I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister. In college, I was a Philosophy major, and my prose style was very dry and dull! My interest in the theater led me to my first writing experience as an adult. My husband David wrote the music and lyrics and I wrote the book for a children's musical, Spacenapped that was produced by a neighborhood theater in Brooklyn.

"And my painting brought me to writing for children in earnest. I took a class in writing and illustrating children's books and found that I was much more interested in the writing than in the illustrating.

"Most of my job life has had to do with welfare, first helping people find work and then as an administrator. The earlier experience was more direct and satisfying, and I enjoy thinking that a bunch of people somewhere are doing better today than they might have done if not for me."

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a kid's point of view, August 15, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Cinderellis and the Glass Hill (Princess Tales) (Hardcover)

I would have given Cinderellis and the Glass Hill 10 stars if I could! IT IS WONDERFUL! In my opinion it's is even better than Ella Enchanted! It is a great book with a terrific sense of humor! Cinderellis and the Glass Hill is hillarious (especially when first read)!This book is Gail Carson Levine's best book yet! (and thats saying something because she writes REALLY good books). I (in case you havn't noticed) highly recomend this book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For fairy tale lovers, and anyone who just loves to read!, May 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Cinderellis and the Glass Hill (Princess Tales) (Hardcover)

Levine has handily won the crowning title of story teller extraordinare! She just gets better and better with each tale she twists as only she can (and probably should). Not the first to make Cinderella a man (remember Jerry Lewis as Cinderfella?), she winningly combines that beloved fairy tale with the tale of the glass mountain for a completely new fable that is sure to win the hearts of romantics (and nutcases) everywhere. If you haven't read the other Princess Tales (and everything else this amazing writer puts out), travel post haste...and grab them while you still can!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun update of classic fairy tale, April 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Cinderellis and the Glass Hill (Princess Tales) (Hardcover)

Gail Levine seems to be on a one-writer crusade to instill some new millenium sensibilities into well-loved fairy tales. Having a male protagonist is not that only deviation from tradition Levine makes in this little book. The "bad" characters are dim and ignorant more than they are evil and malicious. The "good" characters, for the most part, demonstrate some of the more elevated human traits (patience, intelligence, wit, and optimism.) Moreover, Levine neatly dodges becoming distractingly "polically correct." The writing is excellent - simple yet descriptive. Levine uses humor to temper the "moral of the story" and creates a well-rounded tale while leaving enough room for the imagination to take over. If you want, for yourself or for your children, the magic of fairy tales without the out-of-date stereotypes, Levine's Princess Tales series is an excellent place to start. I also HIGHLY recommend anything by Robin McKinley.