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K-Gr 3 In the Grimm folktale, little Two-Eyes is despised by her family because she is common and sees as ordinary humans do. In Shepard's retelling, sisters One-Eye and Three-Eyes mistreat their youngest sibling because, having seen no one else, they believe her to be "different." Two-Eyes goes off to tend the goat, weeping because she's hungry. A fairy appears and tells her a magic spell that makes the goat provide food. In Grimm, as in Eric Kimmel's "One Eye, Two Ey...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This fairly close retelling of a Grimm fairy tale resembles "Cinderella" in many ways. Though lacking a pumpkin carriage and a wicked stepmother, this story includes a mistreated sister, a magical old woman who grants wishes, and a prince, though perhaps not a handsome one. Two-Eyes is the name of the Cinderella-like heroine, whose aptly named sisters One-Eye and Three-Eyes find her embarrassingly different. When Two-Eyes cries with hunger, an old wo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More