Woohoo & Good news for Stephanie Barden! There’s lovely write up in the latest issue of Notes from the Horn Book for Stephanie’s new book CINDERELLA SMITH (in the Chapter Books for Young Readers section). Here’s what they have to say:
The eponymous main character of Cinderella Smith by Stephanie Barden is a bouncy, entertainingly dramatic (she says, “Alas” a lot) young girl with a penchant for losing shoes—here, a special ruby-red tap shoe that she needs to play the Pumpkin Blossom Fairy in her dance recital. If she can’t find the shoe, it’s so long, solo. Cinderella’s energy, captured expertly in illustrator Diane Goode’s emotive line drawings, is infectious; readers will delight in her expressions (e.g., dribbly-spit for Seattle drizzle) and enthusiastic use of adverbs and will look forward to Cinderella’s next appearance.
You can check out the latest issue here (and a big thanks to Wendy Wahman for sending the link).