Fanny's Dream
by Caralyn Buehner (Author) Mark Buehner (Illustrator)
In this inventive take on the traditional Cinderella tale, Fanny Agnes is a sturdy farm girl with a big dream. Someday, she believes, she will marry a prince. When the town mayor announces he is throwing a grand ball, Fanny is convinced her time has come.
She puts on her best calico dress and goes out to the garden so that she'll be ready when her fairy godmother arrives. As the seconds tick by, Fanny waits and waits. Finally, she hears a voice. It isn't her fairy godmother-but it is someone who will change her life forever.
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Publishers Weekly
PW called this tale about a strapping Wyoming farm gal whose fairy godmother arrives too late an "amusing tweaking of the Cinderella story.
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Kirkus
A delightful wedding of winsome story and ingenious illustrations; there is no more to be asked of a book.
Hornbook
Not only is this variation on the Cinderella story warm and satisfying, but comic illustrations reward a close study, with items slyly hidden in clouds and in shadows.
ALA/Booklist
Rich, glowing colors and a plethora of detail—from pictures on walls to animal shapes in the clouds and a spunky black cat to search out on each spread—give the story enough charm and energy to make it a favorite.
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