Cinderella at the Ball Book

An easy-to-read retelling of how Cinderella gets to the ball.

Children's Literature

Margaret Hillert's Cinderella at the Ball has been reprinted (along with other titles in her fairy tale retells) more than thirty-five years after their original publication. With the simple call, "Come to the ball! Come to the ball!" children will quickly connect this simplified story with traditional Cinderella stories. New activities pages have been added by literacy consultant Shannon Cannon to expand these little books. The activities are arranged to coincide with the five key reading components identified by the National Reading Panel in their 2000 report. However, because of the complexity of several of these activities, I recommend these books in their current format only for children already learning to read within the formal educational environment (not appropriate for most children under five years of age).