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Cinderella: (Original Brothers Grimm Version)

by Bernadette Watts

A Grimm telling of Cinderella, with a distinctive visual history

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A Grimm telling of Cinderella, with a distinctive visual history

This edition presents the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella, including details that distinguish it from more familiar tellings: doves offer magical help in the hazelnut tree over her mother’s grave, and a golden slipper gives the prince a clue to her identity. Bernadette Watts’s 1970s scratch-on-acrylic artwork is reproduced in new scans, bringing the story together with a particular piece of picture-book illustration history. The combination makes this both a retelling of a familiar fairy tale and a presentation of Watts’s original artwork.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 encountering Cinderella or fairy tales
  • Families comparing different versions of a familiar story
  • Readers interested in Bernadette Watts’s illustrated work

Themes

Kindness and pietyFamily conflictMagical assistanceRecognition and identity

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Book overview

The original Grimm Brothers story offers a lesser-known but equally charming version of this beloved fairy tale.

Cinderella is kind and pious, unlike her wicked stepmother and stepsisters who won't let her attend the royal ball. But Cinderella receives magical help from the doves in the hazelnut tree that marks her mother's grave, and appears at the ball in a shimmering gown. The prince is smitten and must find the mysterious girl, but all he has to go on is a golden slipper . . .

New scans of the original artwork showcase the incredible scratch-on-acrylic style Bernadette Watts used in the 1970s, giving the story an exciting classic-yet-retro style.
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