Mistreated by her sisters One-Eye and Three-Eyes, Two-Eyes is forced to do all of the work and given only leftovers for food. Crying her eyes out in the meadow one day, she is visited by a magical old lady who teaches her a rhyme that will provide her with plenty of food. When this blessing is eventually spoiled by her sisters, Two-Eyes is next given a seed that produces an extraordinary tree with silver leaves and golden apples. When a handsome knight comes riding by, her ability to harvest one of the apples gives Two-Eyes the opportunity to escape her unhappy life with her sisters, and to find true love...

Originally collected by the Brothers Grimm, One-Eye! Two-Eyes! Three-Eyes!: A Very Grimm Fairy Tale reminds me a bit of Cinderella, but also a bit of stories like Pajaro Verde/The Green Bird, with its nine sisters, each of whom had a different number of eyes. It's interesting to note that in the original, Two-Eyes was the middle sister, as it is more common in stories of this type to have the heroine be the youngest. I wish that Aaron Shepard had retained that detail, in his retelling, as middle children seem to get short shrift in fairytales. Leaving that aside, this was a fairly engaging presentation, with appealingly humorous artwork from Gary Clement, who modernized the setting somewhat. Recommended to young folk and fairy-tale fans. ( )

This was my favorite book I read out of the books this week. It was kind of a twist on Cinderella. There were three sisters. One had three eyes, one had two eyes, and one had one eye. Two Eyes was abnormal because everyone during this time had one or three eyes. So, her sisters hated her and were ashamed of her. She only was allowed to eat leftovers. She met with an old woman in the woods who also had two eyes, and the woman would give her songs to sing to bring her happiness. She ends up falling in love with a knight who also has two eyes, and they live happily ever after. It was a great story about being abnormal and still having the chance to be accepted by someone. I loved this book, and the illustrations were perfect as well. ( )

I liked it. It was sort of gross in an eye-sense, but I guess it also taught us a lesson on accepting differences or the so-called. ( )

This book is a fun and different spin off of Cinderella that both genders will enjoy about a young lady who is "different" because she has two eyes when everyone else has only one or three. This is a fun book for the entire class to read together and then come up with their own fairy tales. This book is suitable for ages 4-8.

I really enjoyed this short read. I feel like it is very appropriate for elementary aged students. It brought such a silver lining on for "two eyes." I believe this story had the meaning of hope. That if you go do what you want to everyday something good will come from it. I would totally recommend this fairy tale to all elementary teachers.