Cindy Rella from Carmen Beecher

When the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery had their Hopes and Dreams show to benefit Genesis House, artists were asked to submit, along with a painting, a board book of their own creation. Carmen Beecher did a little storybook with cartoon illustrations titled The Story of Cindy Rella. It is a tongue-in-cheek version of the old fairy tale, with a different variation on the message.

Several people wanted to buy the handmade original book, so Carmen published it on Lulu.com. Lulu submitted The Story of Cindy Rella as part of a pilot program with Amazon.com. The book may be purchased by going to Amazon.com and Googling Carmen