Brown, Marcia. Cinderella. Hong Kong: Aladdin, 1988. Print.
· Author: Marcia Brown
· Picture Book
· Publication Date: 1954
· Genre: Fairy-tale
· Age Range: 4-8 years old
· Awards Won: The Caldecott Medal
This version is perhaps the most familiar version of Cinderella in the United States. Brown translated and adapted this version from the “original” and most-famous version of Cinderella created by Charles Perrault. Therefore it contains all (not just some) of the elements found in a typical Cinderella story: the protagonist is abused by her step-mother and step-sisters after the death of her father, a fairy-godmother who magically transforms the girl, the prince falls in love with her, she loses her slipper, the prince goes searching for her, when he finds her he marries her. There is one part at the end of the story though that is not found in very many other versions of Cinderella: Cinderella actually invites her step-family (who mistreated her over the years) to live in the palace with her since she was “as good as she was beautiful”. This is great for first introducing the story of Cinderella to children and is a great alternative to the Disney version since this version was directly translated from Perrault’s original tale.
Author’s Website: http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Marcia-Brown/706171
· Author: Marcia Brown
· Picture Book
· Publication Date: 1954
· Genre: Fairy-tale
· Age Range: 4-8 years old
· Awards Won: The Caldecott Medal
This version is perhaps the most familiar version of Cinderella in the United States. Brown translated and adapted this version from the “original” and most-famous version of Cinderella created by Charles Perrault. Therefore it contains all (not just some) of the elements found in a typical Cinderella story: the protagonist is abused by her step-mother and step-sisters after the death of her father, a fairy-godmother who magically transforms the girl, the prince falls in love with her, she loses her slipper, the prince goes searching for her, when he finds her he marries her. There is one part at the end of the story though that is not found in very many other versions of Cinderella: Cinderella actually invites her step-family (who mistreated her over the years) to live in the palace with her since she was “as good as she was beautiful”. This is great for first introducing the story of Cinderella to children and is a great alternative to the Disney version since this version was directly translated from Perrault’s original tale.
Author’s Website: http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Marcia-Brown/706171