Ella's Big Chance A Jazz-Age Cinderella

The classic story of Cinderella gains even more charm in this glamorous retelling by world-famous picture book writer and illustrator Shirley Hughes.Ella Cinders loves helping her father in his dress shop and laughing with her friend Buttons, the store's delivery boy. Then comes the terrible day when her father remarries and everything changes. Her stepmother makes her sew in the dreary basement. Her stepsisters mock her shabby dress. And to top it off, the new Mrs. Cinders forbids Ella to attend the duke's grand ball. Heartbroken, Ella is sure that her life will never be what she dreamed. But with the help of a fairy godmother and some sparkling courage of her own, this Cinderella discovers that dreams can come true in the most unexpected of ways.Join Ella amidst the dazzle and fashion of the roaring twenties as she takes happily ever after into her own hands!Hughes, Shirley is the author of 'Ella's Big Chance A Jazz-Age Cinderella', published 2004 under ISBN 9780689873997 and ISBN 0689873999.