3.75/4
I have always loved this tale and I had known some of the original aspects not included in the Disney version. Relatively easy to read and short.
I love how much darker the Stepmother is and it also conveys the prices people go when they are greedy. Imagine if this version was in the Disney movie.
I partly read this for the Rory Gilmore Challenge. ( )

Fun, well-done audio in clearly enunciated, normal-speech-rate Chinese. ( )

This tale, collected by the Grimm's from an anonymous woman, had obviously been influenced by the Charles Perrault version. However, there are a number of differences. For one thing, there is no fairy godmother. All the magic is done by a laurel bush and birds. There are also golden, rather than glass, shoes, a much better choice for dancing in my opinion. The other big change in no midnight deadline. The prince tries to follow her home but she hides from him. I enjoyed it, but I think I like the midnight deadline better. ( )

"Cindrella" is a story about a young girl who's mother dies. Her father remarries a woman who is now her stepmother that has two daughters which makes Cindrella have two step sisters. The stepmother and Cinderella take away all of the pretty things she has and makes Cindrella work really hard and do everything for them. There is a three day ball that the step mother tries to prevent Cindrella going to by doing chores but Cindrella has doves that help her when she goes to cry at her mothers grave. For three days Cindrella would go see the King who will not dance with anyone but her. On the last night before Cindrella would run away from the king he set a trap to get her slipper. He tried the slipper on everyone in the kingdom, finds Cindrella, and marries her.

Cinderella is a classic story that was told or shown to me a much different way when I was little. The story is more heartbreaking in this traditional version.

Cinderella is a good book to read for a special time to talk about fairy tales. This is a story with a happy ending also you could read this version and a differernt version that is different and talk about the simularities and differences.

Summary:
Retold by Ronne Randall and illustrated by Anna C. Leplar, The Grimm Brothers’ Cinderella is a timeless tell of a young Cinderella who goes from rags to the palace. A story that begins with Cinderella’s struggle to please an unreasonable stepmother, ends with her pleasing the prince and finding her place with him as his bride.

Personal Reaction:
As I read this book for the first time to my daughters, I noticed this version of Cinderella was different from the other versions that I had read. One difference was that this version explained the how Cinderella received her name.

Extensions:
1. A teacher teaching children to count could use the point in the story where the godmother transforms the items into new magical ones to teach children to count. After the teacher reads the story, the teacher could re-read this section of the story, helping the children to count the different items. Props such as: a pumpkin, and slippers could be used as visuals.
2. Also, a teacher teaching language arts could explain how traditional fantasy is passed down from generation to generation and then after reading the story have the students write their own fairy tale.