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Mohrbooks Literary Agency
Sebastian Ritscher
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CINDERELLA - WITH DOGS!

Freya Hartas Linda Bailey

A hilarious picture book featuring a dog-loving kingdom and the friskiest, most far-out fairy-dog-mother ever!
Here is a Cinderella story like no other - because of DOGS! When Cinderella wishes for a fairy godmother, who trots in but the cutest fairy dogmother you've ever seen. And this is a fairy dogmother with a different agenda. Yes, Cinderella will have a new dress, but made of a cozy old dog blanket. Yes, they will go to the ball, but they will run there and chase squirrels along the way. And how about the prince and his family - well, if they are dog-lovers too, everything should go fabulously! Readers will get a kick out of this retelling with its lovable cast of characters and refreshing ending.

Linda Bailey is the author of over thirty-five books for children. Her picture books and novels have been published in fifteen countries, have won multiple awards across North America, including the California Young Readers Medal, the Ontario Blue Spruce and Silver Birch Awards, the Arthur Ellis Crime Writers Award, and the Georgia Picture Book Award. Linda lives in Vancouver, close to the sea.

Freya Hartas is a UK-based illustrator of children's books. She lives in the vibrant city of Bristol with her partner and their ancient black cat Katsu and works from her cozy, cluttered desk in a shared studio down the road. Upon graduating from Falmouth University with a BA in illustration in 2014, Freya won The Roald Dahl Funny Prize Award.
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Published 2023-02-07 by Nancy Paulsen Books

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...leaps directly to the part most likely to delight a young reader - the animal companions that facilitate Cinderella's transformation... Bailey and Hartas bring an irresistible charm to their playful interpretation.

Spoiler alert: There's a twist on the glass-slipper-leading-to-marriage ending. Not to worry. This one's much better - and involves squirrels. This rollicking story will arouse plenty of giggles as young readers enumerate the ways in which it veers from the original. Adults can encourage little ones to think of how "Cinderella" might work with other animals subbing in for the fairy godmothers. The imaginative, colorful digital illustrations burst with energy and expressiveness... A barking good time will be had by all.

Although the jaunty text ruff-ly follows the traditional tale, in the end, Cinderella exhibits independence with a prince she likes but doesn't know well enough to marry. Cheery, cartoonish illustrations lend to the cleverness in this feminist, fractured fairy tale.