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|author=Charles Solomon
|title=A Wish Your Heart Makes : From the Grimm Brothers' Aschenputtel to Disney's Cinderella
|rating=4.5
|genre=Entertainment
|summary=It's not a useful thing, to have sniffy presumptions, when you're a humble book reviewer. The same applies of course in the world of cinema, and a lot else besides, but I do have to admit to be really quite dubious about the thought of a live action remake of Cinderella, even before seeing, reading or hearing anything on which to form a proper judgement. Did the world need it, I wondered – the original was great enough, and surely so much a sine qua non in animation history. What would some new young cast members, and Kenneth Branagh, add to – or possibly would they overlay – decades of cinema audiences' joint memory? Surely it would be a pig's ear. Well, if this luscious first book regarding the new film is any indication, it's actually going to be pretty good. The format of film tie-in guides itself doesn't always engender much hope in the likewise prejudiced – but I confirm this, too, is an item well worth bearing in mind.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1484713265</amazonuk>
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|author=Ruth Dugdall
|summary=Rory Rooney is a boy who likes to be prepared. His mum owns a book titled ''Don't Be Scared, Be Prepared'' and he knows every page of it. Rory is the type of boy who knows how to survive a hippo attack. Then one day on a school trip Rory turns green. Not pale, feeling a bit queasy green but bright broccoli green all over. Even Rory isn't prepared for this.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405054670</amazonuk>
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