VINTAGE SNOW WHITE POP UP PICTURE BOOK

Having lost both of her parents at a young age,  SW is a princess living with her wicked and cold-hearted stepmother, the Queen. Fearing that SW’s beauty will outshine her own, the Queen forces her to work as a scullery maid and asks her Magic Mirror daily “who is the fairest one of all.” For years, the mirror always answers that the Queen is, pleasing her.

One day, SW meets and falls in love with a prince who overhears her singing. On that same day, the Magic Mirror informs the Queen that SW is now the fairest in all of the land. Angered, the Queen orders her Huntsman to take SW into the forest, kill her, and bring back her heart in a jeweled box. The Huntsman cannot bring himself to kill Snow White and reveals to her the Queen’s plot. He then urges her to flee into the woods and never return.

Lost and frightened, SWis befriended by woodland animals who lead her to a cottage deep in the woods. Finding seven small chairs in the cottage’s dining room, Snow White assumes the cottage is the untidy home of seven orphaned children. With the animals’ help, she proceeds to clean the place and cook a meal. Snow White soon learns that the cottage is the home of seven dwarfs named Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey, who work in a nearby mine. Returning home, they are alarmed to find their cottage clean, and suspect that an intruder has invaded their home.