FANNY'S DREAM

Caralyn Buehner, , illus. by Mark Buehner. . Picture Puffin, $6.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-14-250060-6

PW called this tale about a strapping Wyoming farm gal whose fairy godmother arrives too late an "amusing tweaking of the Cinderella story. Ages 4-8. (May)

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