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    Review: Sleeping Bootsie by Maribeth Boelts

    Nicki RichesinBy Nicki Richesin2 Mins Read Ages 4-8 Animal Books Early Readers Fairy Tales
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    By Nicki Richesin, The Children’s Book Review
    Published: September 7, 2011

    Picture BookSleeping Bootsie

    by Maribeth Boelts (Author), Patricia Cantor (Illustrator)

    Reading level: Ages 5 and up

    Paperback: 48 pages

    Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (June 28, 2011)

    Source: Publisher

    Sleeping Bootsie by Maribeth Boelts with illustrations by Patricia Cantor is a delightful spin-off of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale. Meg the castle maid wishes for a friend and soon discovers a sweet stray kitten stowed away in her laundry basket. Christened “Bootsie” by Meg, she is granted three wishes by the good fairies at the royal ball: playfulness, a beautiful meow, and a kind heart. When the silver fairy casts her wicked spell, Bootsie must never touch water with her paw or she will fall into a deep sleep. Baths are banned at the castle, but the silver fairy disguised as a servant sneaks in a goldfish bowl. Poor innocent Bootsie tries to catch the fish and falls fast asleep. What will save Bootsie from her endless slumber? You’ll have to read Sleeping Bootsie to discover what happens to the beloved but cursed kitty. This is a Step Into Reading book, perfectly suited for children reading on their own in grades 1-3. Cantor’s lovely soft pastel illustrations lend this book an enchanting wonder. Spoiler alert: this heartwarming tale ends happily ever after.

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    Nicki Richesin is the editor of four anthologies,What I Would Tell Her: 28 Devoted Dads on Bringing Up, Holding On To, and Letting Go of Their Daughters; Because I Love Her: 34 Women Writers Reflect on the Mother-Daughter Bond; Crush: 26 Real-Life Tales of First Love; and The May Queen: Women on Life, Work, and Pulling it all Together in your Thirties. Her anthologies have been excerpted and praised in The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle,The Boston Globe, Redbook, Parenting, Cosmopolitan, Bust,Salon, Daily Candy, and Babble.

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    Nicki Richesin is a freelance writer and editor based in San Francisco. She writes personal essays and pieces on lifestyle, parenting, and pop culture for Sunset, DuJour, 7×7, Daily Candy, and The Huffington Post. She is also the author and editor of The May Queen, Because I Love Her, What I Would Tell Her, and Crush. You can find her online at http://www.nickirichesin.com

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