Cinderella

Ladybird tales

by Vera Southgate, Eric Winter (Illustrator)

PICTURE-COVER HARDCOVER

Genres: Childrens, Classics, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Picture Books, Fantasy, Cinderella

52 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1964

Reviews

[Debbie W. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely my favorite Ladybird book ever! I remember devouring this book as a Grade 2 student, because the illustrations were gorgeous! This version of Cinderella has her going to the ball on 3 separate nights, so more beautiful gowns were illustrated.

[booklady · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to go live in Fairy Tale Land where Good wins out over Evil, where Fair Godmothers help you unexpectedly and people live happily ever after. Want to come with me?

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this when I were very Likkle and tiny and even now the art is still superior and detailed compared to the cack that's coming out now.

[Marquise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the illustrations by Eric Winter for this book, the second version done by Vera Southgate, because they look "period authentic" and not exaggeratedly magical and fairy tale-like, a style that reminds me a bit of Evelyn Andreas' illustrations for this same tale, one of my favourites. This edition is very hard to find, and often confused by the other edition by the same author and Ladybird as publisher but different illustrator, but it's worth the effort to find it.

[The Bookworm Review · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a first edition of this book, my personal copy and the latest reprint that was released for the Ladybird's Anniversary.

This book by Vera Southgate is my whole childhood. It went everywhere with me when I discovered it in my library and then purchased my own copy with my pocket money when I was 10.

A more in-depth and traditional version of the Cinderella tale, the illustrations by Eric Winter are simply breathtaking! Cinderella goes to the ball three times, and each gown is stunning (my favorite was always dress #2 with dress #3 coming in a close 2nd - dress #1 is beautiful too).

This book was the one I always read to my dolls and teddy's at tea-time and bed-time and I jealously guarded it from my younger sibling's sticky fingers. This book indirectly inspired me I suppose to design gowns and evening dresses - an artistic career I have enjoyed for many years.

This book also brought to me the love of picture books that I have today and I am so happy that I still own this and many other original Ladybird books today (the older illustrated titles are THE BEST)because these are an example of what the pleasure of reading and loving books was and is all about.

[Euodias · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love collecting all things Cinderella. So this book was right up my alley! The illustrations were so beautiful 🥹

[Amanda's · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved, loved, loved this book. Sumptuous pictures. Couldn't find it as an adult, so bought it again second hand.

[Eva-Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

*clutches book to chest*

MY CHILDHOOD. THE ILLUSTRATIONS. MAH GOODNESS.

[Marquise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edition with illustrations by Paul Finn, whose style is hyper-realistic to the point I initially thought they were photographs. It's a fine style, but I'd have liked a style more "fairy tale-like" for the artwork.

[Set · Rating 5 out of 5]

I live this version because all three sisters are blonde. I'm tired of the trope of making Cinderella a blonde and her step sisters (wicked) are usually a brunette and a redhead. Making the triage the same coloring eliminates colorism, with the blonde always being Cinderella. As a child, I loved that the fairy godmother looks like a witch with a pointy hat.

[Jane Scholey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This will always be one of my fave versions of this story.

[Dane Cobain · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pretty good interpretation of the classic story, although now I can’t stop wondering what would happen if Cinderella was in the coach when it changed back.

[Sarah Baines · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cinderella was one of my absolute favourite fairy tales when I was a child. Now that I'm many, many years older - and supposedly wiser, while I do still enjoy it, it's like the glamour's worn off and I can see it for what it is!! Oh to be young and innocent again and not a bitter old cynic!!😂😂😂😂

I've re-read this (again!) and no matter how many times I read it, I'm always struck by just how beautiful the illustrations are - they're so much better than the more recent ones I've seen.

[kimberly_rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's something about this ugly art that is beautiful; I can't look away. It's sort of a combination of 18th century scratchy line drawings, something you'd see in a newspaper from that period and the delicate detail of early 20th century pointillism.

The story is shortened but still elegantly told.

[Catherine Cheong · Rating 5 out of 5]

i read this book when i was really young. As young as i could remember, i loved this book because it sort of applies into my life as well and hoping for a happy ending in the future. And after all these years i'm still loving it and left home, found my prince charming and lived happily ever after.

[Gerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cinderella's mother had died and she lived with her father and two stepsisters. She was known as Cinderella because she had to sleep by the hearth amongst the cinders! Unfortunately she always looked dusty and dirty and she worked from morning to night without stopping, dressed in her wooden shoes and dingy clothes.

Even so she was a lovely girl and her stepsisters were jealous of her so did their very best to keep her subdued. So when it came to a series of balls over three days to promote his son, Cinderella was not even in the conversation when it came to dressing up and attending. But she had to help her stepsisters to dress and prepare themselves.

The stepsisters duly attended and on the first night, Cinderella bemoaned her situation and a fairy godmother appeared and changed her life significantly by turning everyday objects into everything that she needed to attend the balls in a beautiful carriage with her own footmen. The prince was enchanted with her and danced with her all the time over the three nights.

The only drawback was that she had to be home by midnight as she would revert to her old self. She duly did this for two nights but on the third was delayed so in her rush to get home she lost a glass slipper ... and the rest is history as the prince made every effort to find the lady whose foot fitted snuggly into the slipper. Many were tried but eventually it was Cinders, much to the chagrin of the stepsisters.

[Clare O'Beara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this when we were small, the little hardback was enjoyable and well illustrated. This one was seen as a tale for girls, who were also given stories about princesses and sleeping beauties. In general boys were clearly expected to go out and have adventures. Girls were not, or they met savage beasts in the forest. Cinderella was something of an exception, but she still had to do housework, unlike boys.
I think it's important to tell the old fairytales to children as otherwise they won't know the stories in today's jumble of other entertainments and games.
This is an unbiased review.

[Katrina Lybbert · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this was the first time I read a retelling of Cinderella where she went to the ball 3 times, and each time in a more beautiful dress than the time before. I wondered where the stepmother was, though, as the story just mentions her father and stepsisters. If her father was alive, why did he allow the stepsisters to treat her so badly? Regardless, I did enjoy it as I never knew exactly what was going to happen next. Basically the same but some interesting small changes.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was one of favourites as a child ... re-read as an adult and the illustrations still fill me with joy

[Safnaz Jaylan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Childhood favourites.

[Annisa Nur Widya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mimpi masa kecilku hahaha

[Jennifer Fann-Tucker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good memories

[enlam]

ladybird fairy tales > Disney versions

[Maya Buțea · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved it but there are not 3 bals there is 1.
And it is a mom not a dad.

[Hm · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it 💝💝💝💝💝

[H.A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

How did no one recognise her face, even if she was wearing a different dress . . . ?

[☆Dani☆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cinderella is a classic story that has been and will be loved throughout the generations, similar to Breaking Bad. This is a great version, the language clear and simple, the pictures beautiful.

It all begins with a description of Cinderella's home life. She has two awful and ugly sisters who treat her horribly because they are jealous of her lovely nature and good looks. Which sounds just like my home life, actually, except I have three ugly sisters, not two. They make Cinderella do all the cleaning, and I feel really sorry for Cinderella. I really wanted to see her stand up for herself, and just go-



Or something similar, since it doesn't work as well with a girl. It's the thought that counts, I guess. Anyway, the Prince is looking for a wife, so he decides to hold three balls to find a young beautiful girl to marry(Shout-out to my eleven year old sister who wanted to know why it was only the young and beautiful girls, what about the ugly and old ones?). Cinderella's two ugly sisters get invited, but because everyone thinks Cinderella is just a maid, she isn't invited. She's very sad about all of this. As you would be.



But then, luckily for Cinderella, her fairy godmother comes along. This is a woman who knows her priorities. Her godchild is living with an abusive stepfamily, but there's a party coming up! I feel like Cinderella's reaction should be less, "Thank you, the party will definitely solve my problems with my horrible family!" and more-



Cinderella goes to the three balls, where each time, she stays later and later, until the last night, where she leaves so late, she loses a slipper as she escapes. The Prince decides he's going to marry the girl whose feet fit the slipper, and shockingly, none of the girls in the land have feet the same size as Cinderella, which Jesus Christ, imagine her pain when she goes to buy heels in Penney's. Actually, it mentions her only shoes are wooden, she probably isn't even allowed go to Penney's at all.



Then the Prince comes to visit Cinderella, and the slipper doesn't fit the two ugly stepsisters. He asks Cinderella's father if there are any other women in the house, and Cinderella's father says, yes, there is one more daughter, and then-Wait, WHAT? All this time, Cinderella's stepfamily have been abusing her, and Cinderella's father's been hanging around? Most versions at least make him be dead. This one just has him be either a neglectful father or a very unobservant one. Reading this, I was just thinking-



So Cinderella tries on the slipper, and it fits. She marries the prince and her stepsisters are more than a little mad. But Cinderella is suddenly rich and famous, so I don't think she cares too much. Everyone lives happily ever after. And Cinderella's just like-



Or something. Maybe she was a bit less heartless than Walter White.

[Lynn Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the story and the beautiful illustrations by Vera Southgate. My favourite fairy tale as a child. Rediscovered with my niece in 2009 from reading it to her as a baby into her early childhood.

[Michele Brenton · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book can be awarded the medal for making me feel totally and utterly ugly as child. I rather unrealistically took the pictures of the beautiful Cinderella in her increasingly gorgeous costumes as the benchmark of what a girl should aspire to look like. Even the picture of her in rags is unfeasibly breath-taking. I can remember every image vividly even though I haven't seen the book for over thirty years. It still makes me feel horribly inadequate.

[Sweetdhee · Rating 4 out of 5]

love,love,love,love the ilustrations.. A bit diff with the other cindy's stories,in this book there are three ballroom parties.. The gowns are beautiful,cindy is beautiful eventhough she's in a filty dirty grey dress..