Cinderella

Once upon a time, a rich merchant lived with his daughter. He loved the girl for her beautiful face and her sweet heart. But after his wife died, he decided to marry a second time, and his new wife was selfish and cruel. She had two daughters of her own who were just like her. . . .This story of Cinderella is based on the version collected and published by the seventeenth-century author Charles Perrault. Perrault#146;s Cinderella echoes the elegance and luxury of the French court of King Louis XIV, and it#146;s from his version that we get Cinderella#146;s famous glass slippers. Sarah L. Thomson#146;s beautiful retelling of the classic fairy tale is matched with the uniquely stunning artwork of Nicoletta Ceccoli rendered in acrylics on paper and digitally. This is a picture book to treasure.