Robin Redbreast

Robin Redbreast
Birds can represent the fluttering, darting thoughts of intuition. This is why little birds helped Cinderella help herself.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

USA Best Book Awards Finalist: SAVING CINDERELLA: FAIRY TALES AND CHILDREN IN THE 21ST CENTURY by Rachel Hope Crossman


Finalist, Children's Educational Category
My book, SAVING CINDERELLA: FAIRY TALES AND CHILDREN IN THE 21ST CENTURY, has been named finalist in the USA Best Book Awards, in the Children's Educational Category.

The publisher is: The Apocryphile Press, Berkeley, CA
The Apocryphile Press

1700 Shattuck Ave. #81
Berkeley, CA 94709
510-290-4349


Berkeley, CA 94709

It is available for purchase at:

Monday, November 24, 2014

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We have lift off! As of today, November 24, 2014 this blog has had 100, 082 views. Thank you again to all, and please continue sharing this site with all of those interested in Cinderella. 
Two princesses, by the other Emily!

99, 988 hits!

Good morning everyone and thank you for viewing my blog. As of today, November 24, 2014 it has received 99, 988 hits!
Cover illustration, Cinderella: A Puppet Storybook , 1970.Illustrations by Tadasu Izawa and Shigemi Hijikata

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Cinderella #367 San Francisco Opera's La Cenerentola

San Francisco Opera Presents La Cenerentola 2014
Rossini's Cenerentola takes Cinderella on a slightly different track. Forced to live and work among the cinders by her greedy stepfather and ugly sisters, the ash girl triumphs by virtue of her generous nature. She offers a small meal to a blind beggar who comes to the door of family's villa, and he in turn promises her hope that her life may change. The ugly sisters, who we meet in the opening moments as they perform their morning ablutions and beauty exercises, drive the beggar away. Later the prince will invite all to a ball. In a twist on the plot, the prince decides he will change places with his man servant so that he may see all of the ladies in their true colors.
Highlights of San Francisco Opera's performance included the prince's retinue of 20 valets, who appear in red coats with red roses as they parade in. Later we will see them in frock coats and top hats, and finally, in morning coats and white gloves. Each waves a large white hankie and snuffles loudly with joy when the happy couple wed.