Cinderella - Shape Book

by Laughing Elephant (Compiler), John Hassall (Illustrator), Charles Perrault

Overview

Cinderella, a poor housemaid, goes to the ball in a pumpkin magically transformed into a carriage by her fairy godmother. She marries a prince, after losing her glass slipper. One of the world's best known fairy tale's Cinderella is here presented in a vintage die cut collector's edition illustrated by the great English illustrator John Hassall.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781514900666
Publisher:	Laughing Elephant
Publication date:	05/01/2017
Series:	Shape Book Series
Pages:	18
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 12.40(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Laughing Elephant houses one of the world's finest book and ephemera collections focusing on children's and juvenile art.

John Hassall, l868-l948 - Watercolorist, poster-designer and illustrator. Studied art at Antwerp and Paris under P. Van Havermaet and Bougereau. Hassall was an original and versatile designer of illustrations, contributing cartoons to many leading magazines, designing theatre posters, commercial posters for Messrs. David Allen and greeting cards, boys‘ books and nursery rhymes. His work is influenced by the flat colors and two-dimensional qualities of Japanese prints. He was elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours in 1901.

Charles Perrault, 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703
Author of Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella is widely recognized as the father of the fairy tale.