Age Group: 3 - 6 Years

Description:

This is the beloved fairy tale told just as Charles Perrault first set it down, freely translated and exquisitely illustrated by Marcia Brown. Even dressed in rags, gentle Cinderella is far lovelier than her two cruel, vain stepsisters — who delight in reminding her that she could never go to the prince's grand ball. But when Cinderella is left weeping at home, her fairy godmother appears, transforming a pumpkin into a golden coach, mice into horses, and her tatters into a gown fit for a princess — with a warning that the magic will vanish at the stroke of midnight. At the ball, Cinderella dances the most thrilling night of her life, until the clock begins to chime and she flees, leaving behind a single glass slipper. Brown's delicate, dreamy watercolours won this timeless retelling the 1955 Caldecott Medal.