She employed her in the meanest work of the house: she scoured the dishes and tables, and scrubbed madam's chamber, and those of the misses, her daughters she lay up in a sorry garret, upon a wretched straw bed, while her sisters lay in fine rooms, with floors all inlaid, upon beds of the very newest fashion, and where they had looking-glasses so large that they might see themselves at their full length from head to foot. She could not bear the good qualities of this pretty girl, and the less because they made her own daughters appear the more odious. No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over but the mother-in-law began to show herself in her true colors. He had likewise, by another wife, a young daughter, but of unparalleled goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world. She had, by a former husband, two daughters of her own humor, who were, indeed, exactly like her in all things.
ONCE there was a gentleman who married, for his second wife, the proudest and most haughty woman that was ever seen. Today’s story is Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper from Andrew Lang’s Blue Fairy Book. I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library. Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library. She lived in Laguna Hills, California.This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Blue Fairy Book. At the ball, Cinderella will have the most thrilling night of her life-until the stroke of midnight! About the Author Marcia Brown (1918-2015), one of the most honored illustrators in childrens literature, was a three-time Caldecott Medalist and six-time Caldecott Honor illustrator, as well as winner of the Childrens Literature Legacy Award (formerly known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award) for the body of her work.
Fortunately, Cinderella is blessed with a fairy godmother who can turn pumpkins into golden coaches, lizards into footmen, and rags into riches. And how she wishes to go to the princes ball! But her sisters delight in telling her that people would only laugh at her at the palace. Even in rags, Cinderella is a hundred times more beautiful than her cruel stepsisters. Book Synopsis A magical adaptation Charles Perraults French classic that has been translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown, earning her the Caldecott Medal as well as the love of children everywhere.
About the Book Translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown-Cover.
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