Lynn and David Roberts' genius reworkings of classic fairy tales enter the roaring twenties with this utterly fantastic take on Cinderella.

Even if you're so familiar with the tale that you think you can't possibly bear to see another version of it, take a deep breath and dive in because here the re-treatment works wonders, and breathes fresh life into the story.

Cinderella (or Helga as she's known at the start of the book) lives with her father, and has a fairly carefree existence. That is until the short-sighted scatterbrained buffoon disappears for a couple of weeks on a business trip, and comes back with a new wife and two new stepsisters for Helga in tow.

Before long, mother and daughters are ruling the roost and poor Helga is promptly evicted from her beautiful room, has her lovely clothes stolen by the sisters, and is forced to live a life of servitude below stairs as Cinderella (so called because her bed is next to the kitchen stove, and every morning she wakes up covered in cinders).

When the King announces a grand ball will be held to find a bride for his son the Prince, Cinderella and her sisters are all a-flutter, until the wicked stepmother puts a plan in place to ensure Cinders is left at home, while her two girls are paraded in front of the Prince himself.

Luckily, as we all know, Cinderella has a Fairy Godmother who bestows a beautiful (and slightly racy) backless gown on our heroine, and produces an amazing car for her to travel to the ball in.

I'm sure you'll probably know the ins and outs of what happens next. Suffice to say that Lynn Roberts' retelling is fun, and David Roberts' fashion industry background and eye for well-researched detail (LOVED the Tamara Lempicka tribute) are what make this book an utter joy.

We've yet to experience Lynn and David's version of Rapunzel but if it's anywhere near as good as this (and the previously reviewed Little Red), we'll be grabbing it as soon as we can.

Charlotte's best bit: Cinderella's amazing car - with its white-mice tyres.

Daddy's favourite bit: As a bit of an art-deco fanboy there are so many nods to the period's furniture, fashion and even crockery in this book. A feast for the eyes and certainly one of the best retellings of Cinderella we've read.

It's another very busy week where we're extremely hard pressed to choose between some truly fabulous books for our coveted "Book of the Week".

Books like "Little Red - A Favourite Tale with a Twist" show that re-telling classic stories needn't mean merely treading in someone else's familiar footsteps so when I saw Charlotte pick out this, I figured we'd be in for yet another treatment of Little Red Riding Hood.

How wrong I was. My little girl obviously has brilliant taste as she managed to find a version of the story that delivered what it promised, a favourite tale with a twist.

Of course it would be rude of us to reveal what that twist actually is - we'd rather you went and read the book and found out for yourself, suffice to say that Little Red is actually a boy who takes a basket of treats to his lovely old grandmother once a week. Aside from the gender swap it's fairly familiar so far, right?

Of course you probably know how part of the rest of the story goes. Little Red is warned not to stray too far from the path to Granny's house, for fear of the wicked wolf that lives in the forest.

Little Red loves his Granny very much so when he spies some beautiful red apples just off the path, the stern advice previously given is completely forgotten.

We'd be dipping too far into spoiler territory to tell you much more but what struck us both with this book was how many exquisite little details and how many brilliant nods to other stories we see worked into "Little Red". You could spend all day picking out the rather harrowing faces in the trees (and in any wooden objects in the book's various beautifully designed and painted panels).

It's a gorgeous book, with a hint of the Tim Burton about it (no bad thing!) and a whole ton of charm. We've since heard that David and Lynn Roberts rather excel at this sort of reinvention of classic tales and have reworked several, including Cinderella rendered with a 70s disco theme. Now THAT we really must see!

Charlotte's best bit: She was so intrigued by finding all those knotty little faces on trees and wood, and also rather liked the (slightly gruesome) contents of Little Red's larder

Daddy's favourite bit: A brilliant retelling of a fairy tale that seems to be staple fodder for youngsters. Told in a new and interesting way but with classic artwork full of humour and detail.