I usually never go over plots in my reviews regardless, but I don't need to for this read, anyway. (While we're on the topic of the illustrations, I liked how they were, for the most part, just all-black silhouettes with minimal people, objects, or things going on, very minimal, minus the two or three full spread illustrations with a little color, which I liked for an added pop.) I only gave it that rating, bumped up a star from my original 1.5 star rating, solely because I enjoyed the illustrations, that's all. This doesn't deserve 2.5 stars, in my eyes. This was one such book but you have to admit it was an engaging read and fun all the same. So yes like many of these stories where you 'think' you know what is going on there is still room to surprise and confound you.

The second was that in this version the sister to not maim themselves trying to fit the slipper (although after their actions I was rather hoping they did) The first was how they referred to Cinderella - Apart from be surprised at how derogatory the step sisters are towards her the tone and language they used was rather surprising. What caught my eye was that there were several changes which rather surprised me. Now I will not give away the story even though I think most people on the planet know the rags to riches story.

So when I had the chance to get a copy of Cinderella I thought why not. The thing about the series is that not only do they print beautiful books they also reproduce some of the most amazing artwork and present it in one of the seminal editions. I will admit that the Everyman's Children's literary library has been a draw for me for some time every since I was given one of their titles years ago. I thought it was time for a slight change and so here we are.

Arthur rackham cinderella illustrations