«Cinderella» by Charles Perrault, Charles Welsh and illustrated by Michael Bychkov.

The author draws from a variety of folk traditions to put together this version of Cinderella, including elements from Mexico, Iran, Korea, Russia, Appalachia, and more.

Cinderella's father, a widower, married a woman with two daughters. When he died, full of envy for her sweetness and beauty, they treated her with great contempt and forced her to do the dirtiest tasks; But she still stays sweet and serene The prince organizes a dance to find a wife but despite being his greatest illusion, the stepmother prevents Cinderella from attending. While crying, her fairy godmother appears, who transforms her into a princess to go to the dance, warning that the spell will be undone at midnight. Cinderella and the prince fall in love and dance non-stop, but at midnight Cinderella runs off, losing one of her shoes. The prince decides to try it on all the girls and marry the one he serves. And despite the evil attempts of the stepmother and her daughters, finally the shoe serves Cinderella,

In this retelling of the classic fairy tale, an attractive mutt wins the heart of a prince with the help of her canine grandmother.

This is the story of a beautiful, motherless young girl whose father married, for the second time, a haughty and proud widow who had two daughters of her own, both vain and selfish. No sooner was the wedding over than the wicked woman began to show herself in her true colors. She could not bear the good qualities of her pretty stepdaughter, and the more because they made her own daughters appear the less attractive. She made her wash dishes, scrub floors and wait on her own daughters. She gave her a straw bed in the garret to sleep upon, while her own daughters' slept in fine rooms and upon soft beds. ...

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Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.