cover image Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella

Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella

James Mayhew, . . Barron's, $14.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-7641-6268-8

Mayhew's sweetly imaginative heroine returns, brought to life in lively paint and ink illustrations. When Ella Bella loses one of her ballet slippers, Madame Rosa lets her select a replacement pair. As Ella dances to her teacher's music box playing Cinderella , she enters the story itself, as Cinderella's fairy godmother and the “Fairies of the Four Seasons” enlist her help. Ella picks out a pair of silver shoes for Cinderella and tags along through the rest of the fairy tale. A whimsical romp for ballet lovers. Ages 4–8. (Nov.)