Cinderella

Written by Brothers Grimm · Illustrated by Bernadette Watts

A kind girl, mistreated by her stepfamily, gets magical help to go to the royal ball.

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32 pages· ~520L· AR ~3.4

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Bookroo's summary

Cinderella is gentle and good, but her stepmother and stepsisters refuse to let her go to the king's ball. Help comes from the doves in the hazel tree growing on her mother's grave, and she arrives in a shimmering gown that leaves the prince enchanted. When she slips away, he has only a golden slipper to find her. This is the Brothers Grimm telling, illustrated by Bernadette Watts.

From the publisher

The original Grimm Brothers story offers a lesser-known but equally charming version of this beloved fairy tale. Cinderella is kind and pious, unlike her wicked stepmother and stepsisters who won't let her attend the royal ball. But Cinderella receives magical help from the doves in the hazelnut tree that marks her mother's grave, and appears at the ball in a shimmering gown. The prince is smitten and must find the mysterious girl, but all he has to go on is a golden slipper . . . New scans of the original artwork showcase the incredible scratch-on-acrylic style Bernadette Watts used in the 1970s, giving the story an exciting classic-yet-retro style.

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