If you must read a fairy tale to young ‘un, then look for Teresa Heapy’s retelling of classic fairy tales. In Heapy’s Very Little Cinderella, Cinderella is armed to the hilt with irreverence, knows exactly what she wants and does not take no for an answer. Essentially, every toddler ever. The Ugly Sisters(note: Ugly being a noun and not an adjective), are at a complete loss on how to handle this typhoon. They’re also firm(or at least try to be) yet caring. Cinderella’s world falls apart when she loses her favorite ‘lello’ boot. But spoiler alert – there’s a guaranteed happy ending. Of the full series, this is the only book that was toddler-approved so far. It takes one boss baby to know another after all! 
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PSA: An irreverent toddler or fairy tale isn’t everyone’s cuppatea. So, only if you must.