Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Ciderella and the Little Glass Sipper by Aaron Burakoff Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper. Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper is a book illustrated by Marcia Brown. Released by Scribner Press, the book is a retelling of the story of Cinderella as written by Charles Perrault, and was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1955. [1] The book takes place in France, in a palace similar to other Cinderella stories. Contents. Plot Theme Reception References External links. A widower marries a haughty woman with two daughters of her own. Both the woman and the two daughter hates the man's daughter called Cinderella. Cinderella is very gentle and beautiful. However, her step-mother and sisters treat her very awful and mean. Cinderella is always assigned to do all the chores around the house and also sleeps in the attic. One day, it is announced that the prince is having a royal ball and invites all the ladies of quality to the ball. Cinderella wants to go the ball but she can't because she is forced to stay home and clean the whole house. Cinderella starts crying as her stepsister goes to the ball while she has to stay and clean. As Cinderella was crying and cleaning, her fairy godmother appears out of nowhere and asks, "why are you crying". Cinderella explains why she is upset to her fairy godmother. After, Cinderella explains everything, her fairy godmother uses her magic power to help Cinderella. The fairy godmother transforms all the mice, lizards, and rats into horses and coachmen for the golden coach. Not only did the fairy godmother turned the animals into horse and coachman but as well, she gave Cinderella a gown made of gold and silver and slippers made of glass. The only thing her fairy godmother asks is to get home by midnight because the magic will end. Entering the ball, Cinderella goes unrecognized by her stepsisters and dazzles everyone there, especially the prince. The prince pays her special attention because he has never seen her before. As, Cinderella dances with the prince, she loses track of time and must leave the ball. Fleeing away from the ball and the prince, one of her glass slippers falls. The prince tries to keep up with her but he couldn't, so he picks up the glass slipper and vows to find her and marry the one that fits the glass slipper. As soon as Cinderella gets home, her gown turns back to rags, the horse and the coachmen turn back to animals, but the glass slipper remain as is. The next morning, the stepsister tell her that the prince is in love with some unknown lady that was at the ball last night. Also, that the prince is going house to house to see who fit the glass slipper, and whoever that foot that fit, he will marry them. As the prince arrives the stepsister tried to fit their huge feet into the glass slipper but it was an unsuccessful attempt. Cinderella tried the slipper and it was a perfect fit, and puts out the other slipper. A few days later, the prince marries the girl who fit the glass slipper as promise. Cinderella forgives her stepsisters for their past meanness. Theme. The morality and grace are primary themes and are shown through the main character's (Cinderella) ability to achieve success through perseverance and positive behavior when faced with negative circumstances. Reception. Kirkus Reviews praised Cinderella as having "the smoothness of a good translation and a unique charm to her (Brown's) feathery light pictures." and concluded that it was "Gentle." [2] Related Research Articles. " Cinderella ", or " The Little Glass Slipper ", is a folk tale about oppression and triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The protagonist is a young woman living in forsaken circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune, with her ascension to the throne via marriage. The story of Rhodopis, recounted by the Greek geographer Strabo sometime between around 7 BC and AD 23, about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt, is usually considered to be the earliest known variant of the Cinderella story. Cinderella Op. 87, is a ballet composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it Prokofiev broke off to write his opera War and Peace . The premiere of Cinderella was conducted by Yuri Fayer on 21 November, 1945, at the Bolshoi Theatre, with choreography by Rostislav Zakharov and Galina Ulanova in the title role. Cinderella is notable for its jubilant music, lush scenery, and for the comic double-roles of the step-sisters, more mad than bad in this treatment. 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The music score is by Bronislau Kaper, the cinematography by Arthur E. Arling, the art direction by Daniel B. Cathcart and Cedric Gibbons and costume design by Walter Plunkett and Helen Rose. Lady Tremaine is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Productions' 12th animated feature film, Cinderella (1950) and its sequels Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007). In the original film, Lady Tremaine is voiced by American actress Eleanor Audley, who would later voice Maleficent, the evil fairy, in Sleeping Beauty (1959). For the sequels and subsequent film and television appearances, Audley was succeeded by American actress Susanne Blakeslee. She is given the title of Lady in the original film. The ugly stepsisters are characters in the fairy tale and pantomime, Cinderella. They are the daughters of Cinderella's wicked stepmother, who treat her poorly. 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Cinderella is a 1979 animated Soviet film created by the studio Soyuzmultfilm. It is based on Charles Perrault's story, Cinderella .