''The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin'' is a 1981 Canadian

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Janet Perlman Janet Laurie Perlman (born September 19, 1954) is a Canadian animator and children's book author and illustrator whose work includes the short film ''The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin'', which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animat ...

that comically adapts the tale of

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with

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, it was nominated for an

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at the

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, losing to another animated short from

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's ''

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''. The Oscar nomination was the fourth in five years for executive producer

Derek Lamb Derek Reginald Lamb (20 June 1936 – 5 November 2005) was a British animation filmmaker and producer. While serving as executive producer of the National Film Board of Canada's English Animation Studio from 1976 to 1982, he produced the Oscar-win ...

, also Perlman's husband. The film also received a

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Plot

has to stay home while her evil stepsisters go to the ball. You know the rest except everyone here is a penguin (even the mice that become the "horses") and the lost slipper is more like a swimming flipper.

Book adaptation

Perlman adapted her film into the 1992 children's book, ''Cinderella Penguin'', published by Kids Can Press of Toronto.

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External links

Watch The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin at NFB.ca
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''The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin'' on YouTube
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Book adaptation

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