Cinderella: A Fairy Tale

by Charles Perrault, Anthea Bell (Translator), Loek Koopmans (Illustrations)

With the help of her fairy godmother, a beautiful young woman mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters attends the palace ball where she meets the prince whom she marries.

32 pages, Library Binding

Published March 1, 1999

About the author

Charles Perrault was a French author who laid foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, and whose best known tales, offered as if they were pre-existing folk tales, include: Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Bluebeard, Hop o' My Thumb), Diamonds and Toads, Patient Griselda, The Ridiculous Wishes...

Perrault's most famous stories are still in print today and have been made into operas, ballets (e.g., Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty), plays, musicals, and films, both live-action and animation.

The Brothers Grimm retold their own versions of some of Perrault's fairy tales.

Reviews

[a.g.e. montagner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Roberto Innocenti, ospite d'onore della trentesima edizione di le immagini della fantasia*, illustra la classica fiaba di Charles Perrault come fosse ambientata nei Roaring Twenties di F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Magistrale la regia delle tavole: valga come esempio la scena in cui le sorellastre salgono sull'auto che le porterà alla festa, scena inquadrata (letteralmente) dalla finestra della soffita in cui Cenerentola è relegata.

p.s.:
sia detto una volta per tutte, non è vero che i piedi femminili sono belli solo se piccoli.


* Mostra internazionale d'illustrazione per l'infanzia a Rugolo di Sarmede (TV):
http://www.sarmedemostra.it/ita/le-im...

[Kacie Blakley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cinderella should always be portrayed as the sweetest girl in town; even if that means forgiving those who have been the meanest to her. In this tale, the lovely Cinderella attends a ball, but doesn't lose her glass slipper quite yet. The prince calls for a second ball to be held so that he can find the amazing girl he danced with at the first ball, Cinderella. Finally, she loses her slipper at the second ball and her stepsisters try to claim it as theirs. So does the story end with happiness for everyone?
I loved the detailed drawings in this picture book. Cinderella's dress is my favorite picture in this story. Her bright yellow dress is embellished with beautiful red flowers and she glows when she is wearing it. The evil stepsisters and stepmother are sketched as ugly and mean, increasing the meaning of the words in the story. This Cinderella tale even ends with a good moral; making it an excellent read for all ages.