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Sootypaws: A Cinderella Story Hardcover – Picture Book, January 28, 2020
With intricate dioramas, Maggie Rudy's Sootypaws: A Cinderella Story retells the classic fairy tale―with a modern twist!
Sootypaws the mouse lives with her stepmother and sisters, who are rats in all senses of the word. But with a little help from her woodland friends, Sootypaws finds her way to the ball to meet her Prince―will they live mousily ever after?
Sootypaws features stunning hand-built diorama art, including hand-sewn outfits and an environment that is beautifully constructed and filled with charming details. Posed and photographed, these characters come to life!
- Reading age4 - 8 years
- Print length40 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level1 - Preschool
- Dimensions9.26 x 0.36 x 11.35 inches
- PublisherHenry Holt and Co. (BYR)
- Publication dateJanuary 28, 2020
- ISBN-101250186048
- ISBN-13978-1250186041
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"A cinematic 'Cinderella' story." ―Kirkus Reviews
"The visual appeal of the book is accompanied by text that is full of gentle humor . . . . [A] refreshing adaptation." ―School Library Journal
About the Author
Maggie's first picture book was published in 2011, and her illustration style is unique and according to Booklist, "squeal-inducing". To create the pictures she builds 3D characters and scenes, mostly with salvaged materials, and photographs them as miniature stage sets. Her work stars mice and other small woodland creatures, and is firmly grounded in the natural world. She says, "I believe that young children have an innate affinity with nature and it's my desire to kindle and sustain that connection through humor, appealing characters and detailed,gorgeous pictures".
After the publication of each book, the completed scenes travel with Maggie to be displayed in bookstore windows, where they are a major attraction with children and their parents.
Maggie works in her home studio in the woods in Portland, Oregon, where her creatures and sets will soon overtake her house. For more about her work, visit maggierudy.com.
Product details
- Publisher : Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); Illustrated edition (January 28, 2020)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 40 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1250186048
- ISBN-13 : 978-1250186041
- Reading age : 4 - 8 years
- Grade level : 1 - Preschool
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.26 x 0.36 x 11.35 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #698,001 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,264 in Children's Mouse, Hamster, Guinea Pig & Squirrel Books
- #6,843 in Children's Folk Tales & Myths (Books)
- #9,922 in Children's Humor
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About the author
Maggie Rudy has been making mice and their worlds for 25 years. Her father was a biologist and her mother and grandmother were artists, so her childhood was full of nature outings and making things. She spent part of her childhood living in England, where she encountered her first felt mice in a Lancaster toyshop, and visited Beatrix Potter’s farm in a formative third-grade field trip.
Maggie's first picture book was published in 2011, and her illustration style is unique and according to Booklist, “squeal-inducing”. To create the pictures she builds 3D characters and scenes, mostly with salvaged materials, and photographs them as miniature stage sets. Her work stars mice and other small woodland creatures, and is firmly grounded in the natural world. She says, "I believe that young children have an innate affinity with nature and it’s my desire to kindle and sustain that connection through humor, appealing characters and detailed,gorgeous pictures".
After the publication of each book, the completed scenes travel with Maggie to be displayed in bookstore windows, where they are a major attraction with children and their parents.
Maggie works in her home studio in the woods in Portland, Oregon, where her creatures and sets will soon overtake her house. For more about her work, visit maggierudy.com.
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2024Lovely book with delightful characters and engaging illustrations:
- Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2022This isn't your typical retelling of Cinderella. There's better messages going on here. That plus the insanely gorgeous artwork has me in love with this book. I don't normally read picture books or children's books, or really anything not written for adults, but I bought this for a school project about fairy tale retellings, and I'm so happy that I did. I only have the ebook, and I don't have kids, but I almost want to buy copies of the physical book for all my friends with young children.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2023This artist is amazing. She creats/makes each of the characters. I read that it takes her a year to make the characters and photograph the book. It is really delightful. I do enjoyed looking at it before I gifted it.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2022Love the pictures in this book. Granddaughter loved sooty’s story
- Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2022Love this artist and my niece loves all her books.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2021The pictures are so beautiful, you find something new every time you read it.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2024Beyond delighted to pick up this book at our local library- I loved it so much I had to buy our own copy. Great messages and outstanding artwork. Bravo!!
- Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2022Not only are the pictures so adorable too look at and find little mouse treasures. This has to be the best.
*Spoilers*
We love that she has a name! That she says she can't just run away, she didn't go to the ball to find a prince. 'Sootypaws' is the true Cinderella!
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- mrs jmtReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
I love Maggie's mouse dioramas and so it was a thrill to purchase 2 books here in the U.K. , great pictures and take on the stories...they have made my day let alone my grandchildrens!