Cinderella Smith
By Stephanie Barden; Diane Goode (Illustrator)
(HarperCollins, Hardcover, 9780061964237, 160pp.)
Publication Date: May 2011
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback
Categories: Girls & Women, Family - Stepfamilies, Humorous Stories
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Cinderella Smith has a problem with a capital P. She loses shoes almost as quickly as she puts them on her feet. But now she’s lost the most important shoe of all: her shiny, ruby red tap shoe. Without it she won’t have a chance of being chosen Pumpkin Blossom Fairy for the fall dance recital—and that means no special tutu, no crown, and no solo!
The school year is starting out with big problems too. Her new teacher laughs at her name, she’s sitting at the smart-boys table, and her old best friend is ignoring her. Now the new girl, Erin, has asked for her advice on wicked stepsisters. And Cinderella doesn’t have stepsisters—wicked or otherwise!
The recital is just around the corner and the stepsisters are on their way. Can Cinderella and Erin solve the capital P problems in time?
In between tripping over abandoned shoes, chasing after escaped pets, and searching for lost belongings, Stephanie Barden wrote her first book, Cinderella Smith, which has been widely praised. She teaches classes at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, where she lives with her husband, Tom; son, Joe; and eighty-pound lapdog, Otis.
Chapter book readers will love this light-hearted story of a missing dance shoe, escaped pets and possible wicked step-sisters
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