The Fairy Tale Fixers: Cinderella

By Deborah Underwood, Jorge Lacera

Price: $12.99

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The Fairy Tale Fixers: Cinderella

By Deborah Underwood, Jorge Lacera

Price: $12.99

About the Book

The Investigators meet The First Cat in Space in this hilarious graphic novel. Fairy and Mouse will forever change young readers’ perspectives on stepmothers, princes, and pumpkins as they help Cinderella set things right when her carriage veers off course.

Every fairy tale needs a fairy. Because sometimes stories go off the rails, and this fairy knows just what to do to fix them.

Actually, he doesn’t . . . He makes it up as he goes along.

And sometimes he needs help. A lot of help. Which is where Mouse comes in.

Together, she and Fairy will make sure this tale has a happily ever after—just maybe not the one you expect.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780063242425
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: Aug 12, 2025
List price: $12.99
No of pages: 128
Trim Size: 6.350 in (w) x 8.300 in (h) x 0.500 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends & Mythology
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Humorous
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Mystery & Detective
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BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Deborah Underwood

Biography

Deborah Underwood has written numerous picture books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Quiet BookThe Loud Book!, and Here Comes the Easter Cat and the Caldecott Honor–winning Outside In. She lives in Northern California with her feline muse, Bella.

Jorge Lacera

Biography

Jorge Lacera was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, and grew up in Miami, Florida, drawing in sketchbooks, on napkins, on walls, and anywhere his parents would let him. Jorge is a cofounder of #LatinxPitch (latinxpitch.com). In addition to his cocreated picture books with his wife, Megan, Jorge is also the illustrator of Xo, Exoplanet (written by Deborah Underwood) and Pruett and Soo (written by Nancy Viau).

Reviews

(The Fairy Tale Fixers: Cinderella) “Artfully retold. A funny, energetic riff on a familiar tale.” — Kirkus Reviews

(The Fairy Tale Fixers: Cinderella) “A refreshing take…[and] worthwhile update to a classic tale.”Booklist

(Outside In) “Quietly profound…a comforting reminder that Outside will be there for us when we’re ready.” — New York Times Book Review

(Outside In) “The atmospheric watercolors on these pages mesmerize. Now, more than ever, we need books to remind us that Outside ‘beckons with smells, sunbaked, fresh, and mysterious.'” 

NPR

★ (Outside In) ”[A] love letter to nature….Lushness without sweetness—wild, darkly romantic, and exquisite.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

★ (Outside In) ”This gorgeous celebration of nature is a stirring invitation to play.”

School Library Journal (starred review)

★ (Outside In) ”A moving reminder that nature’s beckoning need not go unrequited.” 

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

★ (Outside In) ”[A] gentle, unpreachy text that conveys the way modern life can be cut off from or blind to nature….Ink and watercolor art is gorgeously luminous.” 

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)

★ (Outside In) “[A] lyrical and sensory exploration of the artificial separation between indoors and outdoors….Outside In is a beguiling, thought-provoking book that thinks outside the box.” 

BookPage (starred review)

★ (The Quiet Book) “A delightful and enchanting choice for storytime or sharing one-on-one.” — School Library Journal (starred review)

About the Book

The Investigators meet The First Cat in Space in this hilarious graphic novel. Fairy and Mouse will forever change young readers’ perspectives on stepmothers, princes, and pumpkins as they help Cinderella set things right when her carriage veers off course.

Every fairy tale needs a fairy. Because sometimes stories go off the rails, and this fairy knows just what to do to fix them.

Actually, he doesn’t . . . He makes it up as he goes along.

And sometimes he needs help. A lot of help. Which is where Mouse comes in.

Together, she and Fairy will make sure this tale has a happily ever after—just maybe not the one you expect.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780063242425
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: Aug 12, 2025
List price: $12.99
No of pages: 128
Trim Size: 6.350 in (w) x 8.300 in (h) x 0.500 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends & Mythology
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Humorous
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Mystery & Detective
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Deborah Underwood

Biography

Deborah Underwood has written numerous picture books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Quiet BookThe Loud Book!, and Here Comes the Easter Cat and the Caldecott Honor–winning Outside In. She lives in Northern California with her feline muse, Bella.

Jorge Lacera

Biography

Jorge Lacera was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, and grew up in Miami, Florida, drawing in sketchbooks, on napkins, on walls, and anywhere his parents would let him. Jorge is a cofounder of #LatinxPitch (latinxpitch.com). In addition to his cocreated picture books with his wife, Megan, Jorge is also the illustrator of Xo, Exoplanet (written by Deborah Underwood) and Pruett and Soo (written by Nancy Viau).

Reviews

(The Fairy Tale Fixers: Cinderella) “Artfully retold. A funny, energetic riff on a familiar tale.” — Kirkus Reviews

(The Fairy Tale Fixers: Cinderella) “A refreshing take…[and] worthwhile update to a classic tale.”Booklist

(Outside In) “Quietly profound…a comforting reminder that Outside will be there for us when we’re ready.” — New York Times Book Review

(Outside In) “The atmospheric watercolors on these pages mesmerize. Now, more than ever, we need books to remind us that Outside ‘beckons with smells, sunbaked, fresh, and mysterious.'” 

NPR

★ (Outside In) ”[A] love letter to nature….Lushness without sweetness—wild, darkly romantic, and exquisite.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

★ (Outside In) ”This gorgeous celebration of nature is a stirring invitation to play.”

School Library Journal (starred review)

★ (Outside In) ”A moving reminder that nature’s beckoning need not go unrequited.” 

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

★ (Outside In) ”[A] gentle, unpreachy text that conveys the way modern life can be cut off from or blind to nature….Ink and watercolor art is gorgeously luminous.” 

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)

★ (Outside In) “[A] lyrical and sensory exploration of the artificial separation between indoors and outdoors….Outside In is a beguiling, thought-provoking book that thinks outside the box.” 

BookPage (starred review)

★ (The Quiet Book) “A delightful and enchanting choice for storytime or sharing one-on-one.” — School Library Journal (starred review)

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