Once upon a time in France, in a little stone château where cardinals and petals dance, there lived a girl so sweet and kind, her mother's heart in hers entwined.
Sweep into a candlelit fairytale where a garden pumpkin turns into a golden coach, little mice become dappled horses with blush-pink bows, and a whiskery rat takes the reins as the grandest coachman in all the land. Twirl in a gown of gold, blush, and silver beneath a sky full of stars, dance at the palace ball, and race the midnight bells, leaving one glass slipper glittering on a moonlit stair.
Lovingly adapted from Charles Perrault's original 1697 tale, Noellie's Cinderella is told in original rhyming verse by Rory Noelle and painted in soft gouache shades of rose, lavender, and antique gold. Sweet bluebirds flutter through every chapter of her story, and a little red cardinal carries her mother's love wherever she goes.
But at its heart, this is a book about grace: the gentle, quiet kindness that shines brighter than any ball gown, and the truth that a good heart is the most beautiful treasure of all.
For every little dreamer who has ever wished upon a star.
