1: This version is based on the story by Charles Perrault, originally published in Paris in 1697 as part of his collection of fairy tales, Histoires ou contes du temps passé. It includes the fairy godmother and pumpkin coach, and creatures are transformed into horses and servants. This Cinderella is kind and she forgives her sisters and arranges marriages for them at the end of the story. In contra… See more
2:This version is based on the story by Charles Perrault, originally published in Paris in 1697 as part of his collection of fairy tales, Histoires ou contes du temps passé. It includes the fairy godmother and pumpkin coach, and creatures are transformed into horses and servants. This Cinderella is kind and she forgives her sisters and arranges marriages for them at the end of the story. In contra… See more
3: A collection of reimagined feminist fairy tales. The Cinderella story is titled Slippershod and the heroine, rather than waiting for help, takes control and charts her own future.
Sullivan, Deirdre. ‘Tangleweed and brine’. Illustrated by Karen Vaughan.
Dublin: Little Island Books, 2017.
Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) Book of the Year Award, 2018.
4: In this Vietnamese Cinderella story, The jeweled slipper, a genie helps Cam by turning the bones of her beloved pet fish into a pair of jeweled slippers. When one of the slippers is dropped by a crow into the royal gardens, the King’s son vows to marry the owner.
‘The beggar in the blanket & other Vietnamese tales’. Retold by Gail B. Graham ; illustrated by Brigitte Bryan.
5: In this humorous update Cinderella and Prince Charming (a.k.a. Bill) run away together in a hot air balloon.
Jungman, Anne. ‘Cinderella and the hot air balloon’. Illustrated by Russell Ayto.
London: Frances Lincoln Children’s, 2007.
6:: A story set during the Ming Dynasty that incorporates elements of Chinese Cinderella stories, including a benevolent fish, tiny golden shoes and a cloak of kingfisher feathers.
Napoli, Donna Jo. ‘Bound’.
New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004.
A post-apocalyptic take on the Cinderella story centered on sixteen-year-old Cinder, a cyborg and the best mechanic in New Beijing. Cinder must uncover her secret past to help save the Earth from a deadly plague and the ruthless Lunars.
Meyer, Marissa. ‘Cinder’.
New York: Feiwel and Friends, 2012.
(Lunar chronicles, bk. 1)
