Even in rags, Cinderella is a hundred times more beautiful than her cruel stepsisters. And how she wishes to go to the prince\u2019s ball! But her sisters delight in telling her that people would only laugh at her at the palace.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, Cinderella is blessed with a fairy godmother who can turn pumpkins into golden coaches, lizards into footmen, and rags into riches.<\/p>\n
At the ball, Cinderella will have the most thrilling night of her life\u2014until the stroke of midnight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There is perhaps no better loved, no more universal story than\u00a0Cinderella.<\/i>\u00a0Almost every country in the world has a version of it, but the favorite of story-tellers is the French version by Charles Perrault.<\/p>\n
This translation is excellent for story-telling and also for reading aloud. Marcia Brown\u2019s illustrations are full of magic and enchantment from the little cupids putting back the hands of the clock to the last scene at the palace. They are pictures that will stay in a child\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[257,667],"product_tag":[],"composite_virtual":false,"composite_layout":"","composite_add_to_cart_form_location":"","composite_editable_in_cart":false,"composite_sold_individually_context":"","composite_shop_price_calc":"","composite_components":[],"composite_scenarios":[],"bundled_by":["9085","14520"],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\n