Ceccoli Nicoletta - Cinderella

retold by
Sarah L. Thomson

illustrated by
Nicoletta Ceccoli

To the lovely Dalila
N.C. To the lovely Dalila
N.C.
Text copyright 2012 by Marshall Cavendish Corporation
Illustrations copyright 2012 by Nicoletta Ceccoli
All rights reserved
Amazon Publishing
Attn: Amazon Childrens Books
P.O. Box 400818
Las Vegas, NV 89149
www.amazon.com/amazonchildrenspublishing
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thomson, Sarah L.
Cinderella / retold by Sarah L. Thomson ; illustrated by Nicoletta Ceccoli ;
based on the story by Charles Perrault. 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella
meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.
ISBN 978-0-7614-6170-8 (hardcover) ISBN 978-0-7614-6171-5 (ebook)
[1. Fairy tales. 2. FolkloreFrance.] I. Ceccoli, Nicoletta, ill. II.
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Cendrillon. III. Title.
PZ8.T38Ci 2012
[Fic]dc23
2011034873
The illustrations are rendered in acrylics on paper and digitally.
Book design by Anahid Hamparian
Editor: Robin Benjamin
First edition
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Text copyright 2012 by Marshall Cavendish Corporation
Illustrations copyright 2012 by Nicoletta Ceccoli
All rights reserved
Amazon Publishing
Attn: Amazon Childrens Books
P.O. Box 400818
Las Vegas, NV 89149
www.amazon.com/amazonchildrenspublishing
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thomson, Sarah L.
Cinderella / retold by Sarah L. Thomson ; illustrated by Nicoletta Ceccoli ;
based on the story by Charles Perrault. 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella
meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.
ISBN 978-0-7614-6170-8 (hardcover) ISBN 978-0-7614-6171-5 (ebook)
[1. Fairy tales. 2. FolkloreFrance.] I. Ceccoli, Nicoletta, ill. II.
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Cendrillon. III. Title.
PZ8.T38Ci 2012
[Fic]dc23
2011034873

The illustrations are rendered in acrylics on paper and digitally.
Book design by Anahid Hamparian
Editor: Robin Benjamin
First edition
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Authors Note Authors Note
THIS STORY OF CINDERELLA is based on the version collected
and published by the French author Charles Perrault, who was born
in the seventeenth century. Perraults Cinderella echoes the elegance
and luxury of the French court of King Louis XIV, and its from his
version that we get Cinderellas famous glass slippers.
Perraults story does not have the darker ending some readers may
remember from another famous version, collected by the Brothers
Grimm, in which Cinderellas stepsisters are punished for their cruel
treatment of Cinderella. My retelling stays close to Perraults version,
but it does add one detail that is closer to the Grimm storythe
stepsisters feet are too sore from being forced into the slipper for the
stepsisters to dance at the ball. I thought they deserved just a little bit
of punishment for being so terrible to poor Cinderella!
Perrault considered the moral of the story to be that beauty is a
rare treasure, but kindness and courtesy are priceless. Without them,
nothing is possible; with them, you can do anything.
And there is another moral: Intelligence, courage, and common
sense are also handy, but if all else fails, it helps to have the blessing of
a loving godmother! S.L.T.

THIS STORY OF CINDERELLA is based on the version collected
and published by the French author Charles Perrault, who was born
in the seventeenth century. Perraults Cinderella echoes the elegance
and luxury of the French court of King Louis XIV, and its from his
version that we get Cinderellas famous glass slippers.

Perraults story does not have the darker ending some readers may
remember from another famous version, collected by the Brothers
Grimm, in which Cinderellas stepsisters are punished for their cruel
treatment of Cinderella. My retelling stays close to Perraults version,
but it does add one detail that is closer to the Grimm storythe
stepsisters feet are too sore from being forced into the slipper for the
stepsisters to dance at the ball. I thought they deserved just a little bit
of punishment for being so terrible to poor Cinderella!

Perrault considered the moral of the story to be that beauty is a
rare treasure, but kindness and courtesy are priceless. Without them,
nothing is possible; with them, you can do anything.

And there is another moral: Intelligence, courage, and common
sense are also handy, but if all else fails, it helps to have the blessing of
a loving godmother! S.L.T.

One day the king sent word that he would hold a grand ball.
There, the prince would choose a wife.
I shall wear my red velvet with the lace! declared the older
stepsister.
Ill wear my satin with the golden flowers! said the younger
one.

Cinderella gathered up her courage to ask a question.
Cant I, she said.
Hand me my stockings, said the older stepsister.
May I, said Cinderella.

Tie this ribbon in my hair, said the younger stepsister.
Please, can I go to the ball? asked Cinderella.
Certainly not! said her stepmother. And the stepmother
and stepsisters swept off in their carriage to the castle, leaving
Cinderella alone.

Cinderella sat by the fire. A gentle voice asked, Why are you
crying?
Cinderella jumped up. There in the kitchen stood a woman
with the kindest face she had ever seen.

Dont worry, my dear, the woman said. I am your fairy
godmother, and I will send you to the ball!
But, Godmother, said Cinderella, I have no carriage or
horses or even a gown to wear!

Never fear, said her godmother. And bring me a pumpkin
from the garden.
Bewildered, Cinderella picked a plump orange pumpkin.

... and it turned into an elegant coach. The magic turned
six mice into six prancing horses, two lizards into two proud
footmen, and a rat into a plump coachman.

When the wand brushed Cinderellas rags, she was dressed in
pale blue velvet and silver satin. On her feet were a pair of glass
slippers, delicate as icicles. When the wand brushed Cinderellas rags, she was dressed in
pale blue velvet and silver satin. On her feet were a pair of glass
slippers, delicate as icicles.
You are dressed like a queen! said her godmother. Behave
like one as well. Be kind and courteous to all you meet. And leave
the ball before midnight, or everything that my spells have created
will vanish.

You are dressed like a queen! said her godmother. Behave