Cinderella

Author/Illustrator: Marcia Brown

Genre: Traditional Literature

Grade level: K-3

Award: Caldecott Medal

A young girls mother dies and her father remarries. The woman her father remarried has two daughters of her own already. They are very envious of the girls beauty so they made her do all the chores and treated her very poorly. One day the king organizes a ball for his son to find someone to marry. Cinderella isn't aloud to go. She meets her fairy Godmother who helps her go to the ball. At the ball she meets the prince and he falls in love with her. When the clock strikes midnight the spell will go away so Cinderella runs away leaving only a glass slipper behind. The prince searches far and wide and despite all the efforts of the step mom and step sisters to hide Cinderella, he finds her and they eventually get married. 

This book can be used when talking about fairytales and discussing differences between several different genres. It can also be used as a guided reading tool or just a fun book to read during read aloud time. 

The illustrations are very interesting and whimsical. They are watercolored pictures and the setting seems to be taking place somewhere in the 14th century. They are delicate but detailed illustrations that help you feel as if you are a part of the time period.