Simplified retelling of the tale of Cinderella, a kitchen maid mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters who, with the help of her fairy godmother, attends the palace ball and meets the prince of her dreams.
After happily exploring garbage cans in the streets of Paris and pulling fish from the river, Genevieve, the puppy belonging to Madeline and the other orphans, receives an unwanted bath.
Tells of Thomas Jefferson's trip to France in 1784, and all the exotic foods he learned about and then introduced to America, including ice cream, macaroni and cheese, and tomatoes.