Books like Cinderella
By Ruth Sanderson
For the kid who begs for one more happily-ever-after at bedtime, this retelling gives the old magic room to breathe again. Classic, hopeful, a little enchanted, unmistakably fairy-tale.
A poor washerwoman on the island of Martinique uses her mother's magic wand to help her beloved goddaughter Cendrillon win the heart of a rich man's son.
On a moonlit night, a childless couple discovers a dozen tiny babies scattered in a meadow after a magical moonshower, and takes them in to raise as their own.
A young girl in Pakistan wishes for a magic pencil to fix small things — the smell of garbage, an extra hour of sleep — then realizes the world needs bigger fixes, and she can work toward them herself.
A lonely little girl finds a star that has fallen out of the sky and becomes its friend, but when the star grows sick, she must decide whether to let it go home.
An old woman is too busy sweeping her house to join the three kings on their journey to find the Christ child — and has searched for Him every Christmas since.
A girl named Treva notices her family's Christmas decorations and presents mysteriously vanishing, and when she tracks down the culprit, she finds two trolls who have never had a Christmas of their own.
On Christmas Eve, a doubting boy boards a mysterious train bound for the North Pole, where Santa Claus himself will present one child with the first gift of Christmas.
A mistreated girl endures her stepmother's and stepsisters' cruelty until a fairy godmother steps in with magical help, leading her to a meeting with the prince.
A sturdy farm girl named Fanny Agnes waits in her garden for a fairy godmother to whisk her off to the mayor's grand ball and her destined prince — but who actually shows up changes everything.
A girl and her house full of rescued, misfit creatures grow restless and decide to move on — but when every one of her careful plans falls apart, she has to find another way forward.
A young donkey finds a magic pebble that grants wishes, but a panicked wish during a scary encounter with a lion turns him into a rock — with no way to wish himself back.
A beautiful young cockroach must choose a husband, so her grandmother teaches her the Coffee Test — spilling coffee on a suitor's shoes to see how he reacts to anger.
