Lindsey C. Craig wrote the first "Cinderella's Shakespeare" for her daughters who were bored one hot summer afternoon. The children (and neighbors) had so much fun acting the play, that Lindsey created a longer version, the "Cinderella's Shakespeare" you now hopefully have in your hands, published by Eldridge Publishing Company. Lindsey lives with her family (and cats and dogs and birds) on a small island in Washington State. She also writes children's stories and has two new books, "Dancing Feet!" and "Barnyard Beat!" both published by Alfred A. Knopf Books.
Cinderella (that isn't her real name!) labors away for her wicked aunt and evil cousins, sneaking free moments whenever she can to read. Her aunt believes learning just monopolizes the time a woman can spend being beautiful and burns all the books in their cottage. Cinderella manages to save a copy of "Romeo and Juliet," but eventually even that is burned. With a little help from a silly fairy godmother, Cinderella attends a palace ball and impresses the Prince with her intellect. After she flees the ball, the Prince pursues her, looking not for a woman who c...