Joe Cinders by Marianne Mitchell; Illustrated by Bryan Langdo
	List Price:   $17.95 Unit Price:   $14.36 You Save:   $3.59 (20%) ISBN-10:   0805065296 ISBN-13:   9780805065299 Publisher:   Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Category:   Folklore/Fairy Tales Pub. Date:   October 2002 Pages:   48 Format:   Hardcover; Cloth over boards Ages:   4 to 8 Grades:   ps to 3
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
With a 'Hot diggety-dog!' and a wave of his white sombrero, cowboy Joe Cinders gets the girl in this Southwestern retelling of the Cinderella story. A southwestern Cinderella story with a twist. 'Way out West, where dreams come true, lived a poor cowboy named Joe Cinders.' Joe does all the chores while his mean stepbrothers, Buck, Bart, and Butch Bronco, spend their days counting buzzards in the sky. When pretty Miss Rosalinda invites them to her fall fiesta, the Bronco boys are determined that one of them will sashay her up to the preacher. Poor Joe is left at home to watch the cattle. Suddenly a mysterious fella in baggy overalls appears, and with a few waves of his crooked stick Joe is ready to knock Miss Rosalinda off her feet--if the escaped prize bull doesn't do it first. This hilarious southwestern Cinderella story will make every reader wish for a fairy godfella. Joe does all the chores while his mean stepbrothers, Buck, Bart, and Butch Bronco, are determined to sashay Miss Rosalinda up to the preacher. This hilarious southwestern Cinderella story will make every reader wish for a fairy godfella. Full color. hen the Zills family is summoned to Egypt to help find the hidden burial site of an ancient pharaoh, Matt and Bibi are locked into an adventure they did not expect. Stuck inside a pyramid with only each other, their dog Riley, and geometric hieroglyphics to help them find their way, the twins must use their math knowledge to solve the riddles on the walls and locate the burial chamber. Luckily, the two know their stuff when it comes to geometric solids.