Description"This is a reminder of hope and possibility, of kindness and compassion, and--perhaps most salient--imagination and liberty.
She has received numerous awards and accolades, incl.
About the Author Writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books on feminism, western and indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection, wandering and walking, hope and disaster, including the books Men Explain Things to Me, Call Them By Their True Names, Hope in the Dark, and The Mother of All Questions all with Haymarket Books; a trilogy of atlases of American cities
The Faraway Nearby
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Wanderlust: A History of Walking; and River of Shadows, Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West.
His watercolor silhouettes were featured in the original edition of Cinderella.
Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was a prominent British illustrator of many classic children\'s books from The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm to Sleeping Beauty.
Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books including Men Explain Things to Me, Call Them by Their True Names, Hope in the Dark, and The Mother of All Questions.
Instead of waiting to be rescued, Cinderella learns that she can save herself and those around her by being true to herself and standing up for what she believes.
But that is where the familiar story ends.
In this modern twist on the classic story, Cinderella, who would rather just be Ella, meets her fairy godmother, goes to a ball, and makes friends with a prince.
Through the imaginations of our childhoods, can we find our true selves liberated in adulthood?" --Chelsea Handler In her debut children\'s book, Rebecca Solnit reimagines a classic fairytale with a fresh, feminist Cinderella and new plot twists that will inspire young readers to change the world, featuring gorgeous silhouettes from Arthur Rackham on each page.
Description"This is a reminder of hope and possibility, of kindness and compassion, and--perhaps most salient--imagination and liberty
