Cinderella
Author and Illustrator Marcia Brown
32 pages
Published by North Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint, [2015]
Grades K-3rd
Cinderella is a story about a girl whose father marries a mean lady with two daughters. They treat Cinderella as if she is the help/housekeeper and not a family member. She was only allowed to dress in rags. One day an announcement came that the king's son was going to give a ball. The step sisters made fun of Cinderella and said she was not welcome at the ball. She was so upset when the step sister's left for the ball she began to cry. Then her godmother showed up. She made Cinderella a carriage to take her to the ball and a beautiful dress. When she arrived everyone was in awe of her beauty that they all stopped to stare. On the second night of the ball when she was leaving she dropped one of her shoes. The king sent men out to search for her by fitting the shoe on the feet of everywoman. When they arrived at Cinderella's house they tried it on the step sisters and it did not fit. Then Cinderella said try it on me. When the shoe fit she pulled the other one from her pocket. They were all in shock. Her godmother showed up again and changed Cinderella's clothes into beautiful clothes. She was taken to the palace where she married the prince a few days later. She forgave her step sisters and asked them to love her anyway. She gave them a home at the palace and married them to two great lords of the court.
The illustrations in the book resemble soft muted tones. The are very simple. The children can still understand how they go along with the book.
This would be great to use to teach students about forgiveness. Even thought her step sisters were mean to her she still forgave them and took them with her to live a better life. We need to treat everyone with kindness.
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