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Cinderella's Magical Wheelchair: An Empowering Fairy Tale
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Cinderella's Magical Wheelchair: An Empowering Fairy Tale
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Cinderella's Magical Wheelchair: An Empowering Fairy Tale

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Join Cinderella in a World Where Anything is Possible!

In a Kingdom far, far away lives Cinderella. As expected, she slaves away for her cranky sisters and step-mother. She would dearly love to attend the Royal costume ball and meet the Prince, but her family is totally dead set against it. In fact, they have gone so far as to trash her wheelchair! An unexpected magical endowment to her wheelchair begins a truly enchanted evening and a dance with the Prince. Can true love be far behind?

  • This fairy tale demonstrates people with disabilities can overcome abuse
  • Children with disabilities finally have a Cinderella story they can identify with
  • In this version, Cinderella uses her own abilities to build a new future for herself
  • The connection Cinderella and the Prince share illustrates love surges past mutual attraction

    Acclaim for Cinderella's Magical Wheelchair
    "An inspiring and exciting read for children of all ages and abilities. Finally here is a book which shows that wheelchair-mobile children can achieve anything. A clever, modern twist on this traditional and much loved story."
    --Joanne Smith, TV Producer, Terry Fox Hall of Fame inductee, Gemini Award winner
    "This strength-based present day Cinderella story reminds readers that everyone, including someone with a physical challenge, can have the experiences and relationships they hope to have. This Cinderella found that 'success was of her own making'. A must have for every school library and therapy office."
    --Theresa Fraser, M.A., Child Psychotherapist and Play Therapist, author of: Billy Had To Move
    "A wonderful, upbeat, modernized version of a familiar fairy tale. Cinderella's physical disability is taken in stride, and life goes on regardless. I loved it!"
    --Dr. Laurie Zelinger, Child Psychologist, author Please Explain Anxiety to Me
    "A magnificent modern-day Cinderella story teaching children of all ages--about creating one's own success, happiness, and positive self-image while embracing life's challenges."
    --Sherry Jones Mayo, RN, EMTP, NCCN, author Confessions of a Trauma Junkie

    Learn more at www.JewelKats.com
    From the Growing With Love Series at Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com

    JUVENILE FICTION: SOCIAL ISSUES - SPECIAL NEEDS
  • LanguageEnglish
    Release dateAug 1, 2011
    ISBN9781615999767
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    Cinderella's Magical Wheelchair: An Empowering Fairy Tale
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    Jewel Kats

    Jewel Kats, 32, is a Diva with a closet stuffed with fashion accessories. Despite chaos, Jewel manages to work her chic tail off. She's authored three children's books for Loving Healing Press. Her latest work is a hip and glamorous women's puzzle book entitled: "Word Search Divas." For six years, she penned a syndicated advice column for Scripps Howard News Service and TorStar Syndication Service. She's won $20,000 in scholarships from Global Television and women's publisher, Harlequin Enterprises. Jewel also interned at Entertainment Tonight Canada. So what's got her through all this? Why, red lipstick, of course!

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    • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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      “Cinderella’s Magical Wheelchair” by Jewel Kats (illustrated by Richa Kinra) is a delightful book for children. In this version, Cinderella is in a wheelchair. Does that stop her from going to the ball and winning the heart of the prince? No way! Jewel Kats has given a modern twist to this old tale. Cinderella is in a wheelchair, but that isn’t the focus of the story. The wheelchair is just a part of the story. Cinderella comes across as a strong, independent woman who actually doesn’t need the prince to have a sense of worth. I think that this would be a fun story enjoyed by all children. Having a disability doesn’t mean that you can’t do things. Being a girl doesn’t mean you need to be saved by the prince. Ms. Kats reminds us all of that!
    • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      5/5
      Can a person in a wheelchair hope to go to a costume party and lead a normal life? Part of Loving Healing Press’s “Growing with Love” series, this inventive take-off on the old familiar fairy tale has Cinderella, who lives in a Kingdom far, far away, in a wheelchair. The wicked stepmother and stepsisters are there. The King is ill and wants to see his only son married, so there’s going to be a costume party for the Prince to meet all interested women. Of course, the stepsisters are going. The stepmother agrees that Cinderella can go if she manages to create some stunning jewelry for the other girls. So Cinderella helps her stepsisters get ready, and she makes herself a nice, new costume. However, when it’s time to go, the stepsisters claw at Cinderella’s costume, and the stepmother even punctures Cinderella’s wheelchair tire. Will Monique, the student fairy godmother from Enchantment University, be able to do anything for Cinderella? And what will happen to all of Cinderella’s hopes and dreams? Dedicated to “any child who’s faced an illness, accident or injury,” Cinderella’s Magical Wheelchair lets young people with various disabilities know that they can overcome abuse, use their own abilities to build a new future for themselves, and find love that goes beyond mere physical attraction. Author Jewel Kats, who also wrote Reena’s Bollywood Dream, a sensitive book about sexual abuse by a relative, knows whereof she speaks. At the age of nine, she endured a car accident which altered her physical abilities forever. After weeks in the hospital and eight leg surgeries, she currently walks with a cane, which is fashionably handpainted, but nothing stops her. Like Jewel, this Cinderella learns to work hard at making her own “they lived happily ever after” ending to the story. Illustrator Richa Kinra’s eye-catching painted work is primarily in water colors, acrylics, and oils, but sometimes incorporates colored pencil, dry colors, pen and ink, or collage. This is a cute and heart-warming tale that will appeal to everyone, especially children with disabilities who now have a Cinderella with whom they can relate.