| Cinderella Contributor(s): Brown, Marcia (Author), Brown, Marcia (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0689814747 ISBN-13: 9780689814747 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 Annotation: "The pages sparkle with exquisite artwork and lovely colors". -- The New Yorker "A perfect picture book. The text...(has) a pertness, a kind of sauciness, that refreshes and at the same time reflects its French origin". -- Saturday Review "This favorite of all fairy tales has been given a lively retelling, made truly magical by some of the most exquisite pictures you ever saw". -- Chicago Sunday Tribune |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Love & Romance |
| Dewey: 398.210 |
| LCCN: LC 54012897 |
| Lexile Measure: 840 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 7.6" W x 9.8" (0.30 lbs) 32 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 28787 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A magical adaptation Charles Perrault's French classic that has been translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown, earning her the Caldecott Medal as well as the love of children everywhere. Even in rags, Cinderella is a hundred times more beautiful than her cruel stepsisters. And how she wishes to go to the prince's ball But her sisters delight in telling her that people would only laugh at her at the palace. Fortunately, Cinderella is blessed with a fairy godmother who can turn pumpkins into golden coaches, lizards into footmen, and rags into riches. At the ball, Cinderella will have the most thrilling night of her life--until the stroke of midnight |
Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Marcia: - Marcia Brown, one of the most honored illustrators in children's literature, is a three-time Caldecott Medalist and six-time Caldecott Honor illustrator, as well as winner of the Children's Literature Legacy Award (formerly known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award) for the body of her work. She lives in Laguna Hills, California. |