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Cinderella

From Grimm's Fairy Stories, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

This reader retells "Cinderella" from Grimm's Fairy Stories by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, first published in the early nineteenth century. This version of the tale is older than the one many children know today: instead of a fairy godmother, Cinderella is helped by a white bird that lives in a tree she planted with her own tears. The story shows that kindness and goodness are more valuable than beauty or fine clothes, and that cruelty does not win in the end. A few period terms have been modernised.

Band

Yellow · Emerging readersTypical starting range: ages 6–8

Length

medium · about 565 words in 6 sections · 4 pictures

Source

Grimm's Fairy Stories, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

First published

see the About page in the reader

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (8 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Colouring page
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

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