Reviews

Twinderella, a Fractioned Fairy Tale by Corey Rosen Schwartz, Deborah Marcero

sezillee's review against another edition

2.0

Appropriately, I half-liked it and was half-repulsed by it.

I just came here for a cool STEM-y spin on a fairy tale...not a rando (LITERALLY) *poof* Prince Charming now has a twin that can conveniently have happily ever after with Cinderella's twin (even if they DID go on to win math awards instead of ruling a kingdom).

BUT, it does teach fractions in a cooler way.

csd17's review against another edition

2.0

Punny.

jaxlynleigh's review against another edition

4.0

A cute, fun math story about Cinderella and her lesser known twin sister. What a fun way to introduce fractions and halves and sharing!

andizor's review

5.0

Did you know that Cinderella had a twin sister? Most people don't, but you should get to know Tinderella, math whiz extraordinaire. Corey Rosen Schwartz, teamed with Deborah Marcero, has created a sure to be smash hit with Twinderella. I love Schwartz's signature rhyming style, the words roll of my tongue magnificently, both in rhyme and meter and I can hardly wait to share this in storytime. Marcero's illustrations, watercolor with India ink, are bright and cheery with just the right amount of detail, enough that you're always discovering new things upon rereading. I'm also excited about the math language in here. We know (thank you research*) that girls usually start out deficient in math language, that grown ups are more likely to use math words with boys, rather than girls, so a girl-oriented book about fractions is fantastic! Overall, this is a cute, funny, important book. I want to put it in the hands of all the girls who come to storytime.

*See Thirty Million Words: building a child's brain : tune in, talk more, take turns by Dana Suskind