FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
(4) K-3 Sanderson's retelling adheres closely to Perrault, with elements such as the white bird taken from the Grimm Brothers' version. The illustrations feature a beautiful seventeenth-century French Cinderella dressed in the style of the court of Marie Antoinette. The text is longwinded and a bit stiff, but the misty, romantic artwork, sprinkled with silvery magical light, creates the perfect atmosphere.

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