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32 pp.
| Simon |
May, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-689-82011-9$$16.00
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Diana Cain Bluthenthal.
Mavis learns that her chosen career, being a fairy godmother, is tricky business in this Cinderella spinoff. Preoccupied with magic, Mavis almost overlooks Cindy, a classmate who does "a lot of cleaning up at home." A Halloween party brings the pair together: Cindy needs a costume, and Mavis is just the one to whip it up for her, not with a wand but with a sewing machine. Bright, cartoonlike pictures extend the comic spirit of the story.