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32 pp.
| Little
| April, 2002
|
TradeISBN 0-316-77965-2$$15.95
(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.