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Daly, Niki

Once upon a Time

32 pp. | Farrar | March, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-374-35633-5 $$16.00

(2) K-3 "Sarie hated reading aloud in class." Weekends offer relief from the humiliation of her classmates' teasing, and a chance to visit Auntie Anna. The two enjoy sitting in Auntie's rusted old car, where they talk, tell stories, and pretend to drive. An old book wedged under the back seat alters Sarie's attitude about reading, as the story of Cinderella comes alive. Daly's watercolors fashion an expansive South African landscape.

Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2003