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The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

This short animation is a zany version of the classic fairy tale, with the leading role played by a mistreated, romantic penguin, with hilarious results. Cinderella Penguin loses her magic flipper as she runs to meet her midnight deadline, but all ends well when Prince Charming finds the right webbed foot and the nasty step-family is brought to heel.
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This short animation is a zany version of the classic fairy tale, with the leading role played by a mistreated, romantic penguin, with hilarious results. Cinderella Penguin loses her magic flipper as she runs to meet her midnight deadline, but all ends well when Prince Charming finds the right webbed foot and the nasty step-family is brought to heel.

Literature and Language Animals All subjects
Animation for Kids All channels
  • director
    Janet Perlman
  • producer
    Janet Perlman
  • colour rendering
    Françoise Hartmann
    Bozenna Heczko
    Eunice Macaulay
  • animation camera
    Pierre Landry
    Raymond Dumas
    Jacques Avoine
  • sound concept
    Normand Roger
    Janet Perlman
  • post-sync effects
    Ken Page
  • sound editing
    Normand Roger
    André Galbrand
  • re-recording
    Hans Peter Strobl
  • administrator
    Diane Bergeron
  • executive producer
    Derek Lamb

Education

Ages 9 to 12

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Guide 1

Notes

Before viewing, have elementary students research well-known fairy tales. After viewing, they choose a tale to rework through change of gender, animal/species, age, environment, or culture, and then tell it through animation, writing, acting, or drawn/photographed visuals. Have students pose media literacy questions: what qualities do we associate with animals in popular culture? How does the form of a story change our understanding of it? What societal values do fairy tales reveal?

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