Cinderella--with Dogs!
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A hilarious picture book featuring a dog-loving kingdom and the most fabulous, far-out fairy DOGmother ever!
Here is a Cinderella story like no other. When Cinderella wishes for a fairy godmother, she’s not expecting one that barks! And this fairy dogmother has a different agenda. Yes, Cinderella will have a new dress, but made of a cozy dog blanket. Yes, they will go to the ball, but they will run there and chase squirrels along the way. There’s nothing like a canine companion to get a girl out of the house and her mind off her troubles! Yes, indeed, dogs do make everything better—and are a reminder that you don’t need “happily ever after” when you have the joy of now. Readers will get a kick out of this retelling with its lovable cast of characters and refreshing ending.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Something gets hilariously lost in translation in Bailey's fairy tale retelling, in which a cat lady Cinderella makes a wish for a fairy godmother and instead gets a pink-tutued fairy dogmother ("WOOF!"). Though Cinderella, portrayed with pale skin, expects the dogmother to whisk her to the royal ball, the four-legged guide has other ideas. Who needs a ball gown when one can wear a cozy, refashioned dog blanket? And why take a carriage to the event instead of running under the light of the full moon, howling all the way? Continuing the tail-wagging twist, the brown-skinned royal family—dog-lovers all—immediately welcome this free-spirited Cinderella for a pooch-filled turn on the dance floor. Additional humor abounds in Hartas's depictions of Cinderella's multiple cats and the exuberant pack of palace pooches who bowl Cinderella over with kisses. Ages 3–7.
