The Fairy Tale Fixers: Cinderella

(Hardback)

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The Investigators meet The First Cat in Space in this hilarious graphic novel. Fairy and Mouse will forever change young readers perspectives on stepmothers, princes, and pumpkins as they help Cinderella set things right when her carriage veers off course.

Every fairy tale needs a fairy. Because sometimes stories go off the rails, and this fairy knows just what to do to fix them.

Actually, he doesnt . . . He makes it up as he goes along.

And sometimes he needs help. A lot of help. Which is where Mouse comes in.

Together, she and Fairy will make sure this tale has a happily ever afterjust maybe not the one you expect.

Reviews

(Outside In) Quietly profounda comforting reminder that Outside will be there for us when were ready." New York Times Book Review (Outside In) The atmospheric watercolors on these pages mesmerize. Now,morethan ever, weneedbooks to remind us thatOutside 'beckons with smells, sunbaked, fresh, and mysterious.'" NPR (Outside In)"[A]love letter to nature....Lushness without sweetnesswild, darkly romantic, and exquisite." Kirkus Reviews(starred review) (Outside In)"This gorgeous celebration of nature is a stirring invitation to play." School Library Journal (starred review) (Outside In)"A moving reminder that natures beckoning need not go unrequited." Publishers Weekly (starred review) (Outside In)"[A]gentle, unpreachy text that conveys the way modern life can be cut off from or blind to nature....Ink and watercolor art is gorgeously luminous." Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books (starred review) (Outside In) "[A]lyrical and sensory exploration of the artificial separation between indoors and outdoors....Outside Inis a beguiling, thought-provoking book that thinks outside the box." BookPage (starred review) (The Quiet Book) "Adelightful and enchanting choice for storytime or sharing one-on-one." School Library Journal (starred review)

Author Bio

Deborah Underwood has written numerous picture books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Quiet Book,The Loud Book!, andHere Comes the Easter Cat and the Caldecott Honorwinning Outside In. She lives in Northern California with her feline muse, Bella. Jorge Lacera was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, and grew up in Miami, Florida, drawing in sketchbooks, on napkins, on walls, and anywhere his parents would let him. Jorge is a cofounder of #LatinxPitch (latinxpitch.com). In addition to his cocreated picture books with his wife, Megan, Jorge is also the illustrator of Xo, Exoplanet (written by Deborah Underwood) and Pruett and Soo (written by Nancy Viau).