Trollerella

Karen M. Stegman-Bourgeois

Book - 2006

This version of the Cinderella story features a troll living under a bridge who finds an invitation to a ball, where she dances with Prince Charming.

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Genres
Picture books
Published
New York : Holiday House c2006.
Language
English
Main Author
Karen M. Stegman-Bourgeois (-)
Other Authors
Ethan Long (illustrator)
Edition
1st ed
Physical Description
unpaged : col. ll. ; 24 x 27 cm
ISBN
9780823419180
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Review by School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-4-This retelling of "Cinderella" butchers the integrity of the original. Trolls Trollerella and her brother Victroll live under a castle bridge. He's proud of his ugliness, but she longs to be beautiful. One day, she finds an invitation to Prince Charming's ball, but she accidentally drops it down a well, where it is retrieved by the tooth fairy. Made to seem beautiful for one night by the fairy's spell, Trollerella dances with the prince, then panics and runs away just as another girl arrives by pumpkin carriage. Both ladies lose glass slippers, but the Prince finds Trollerella's and she claims her place as his bride. Meanwhile, the real Cinderella heads for the city to start her own cleaning business. Blending folkloric elements from a variety of traditions, the author has created a mishmash of a story. The fairy's obsession with good dental hygiene is annoying and misplaced, and Victroll is underutilized as a greedy sidekick. The computer-enhanced illustrations have garish colors and exaggerated cartoon characters.-Martha Topol, Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Horn Book Review

Trollerella, a troll, finds an invitation to the royal ball. With help from the tooth fairy, she appears beautiful to everyone who sees her there, including Prince Charming. Through a glass slipper mix-up, Trollerella and her prince live happily ever after. Although some of the jokes are more for adults, kids will be drawn in by the humorous cartoonish illustrations. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

A troll's entrance into the Cinderella story falls rather flat in this latest fairy tale remake. Trollerella longs to be beautiful, and serendipitously gets her wish for one night, courtesy of the tooth fairy that inhabits the nearby well. At the royal ball, Trollerella dances with the prince, but exits (as Cinderella enters) when her manners prove less polished than her appearance. Both lose a glass slipper, but it's Trollerella's that's found by the prince. Lacking the magic to make Trollerella seem beautiful forever, the tooth fairy casts a love spell on the prince and they live happily ever after. The tooth fairy's corny mannerisms, bad puns and dental asides may amuse adult readers, but will lose the attention of most youngsters. Long's brightly colored cartoon illustrations aptly portray the dichotomy between the ugly trolls and the snooty humans. Not the best of the myriad fractured Cinderella tales, but this may find a home with tooth fairy or troll fans. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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