Winner of the 2019 Northern Lights Book Award for Picture Books, All Ages! Marielle the mouse has worked her dressmaking magic for nine days and nine nights to create nine beautiful dresses for Madame Sooree's nine daughters. Finished at last, Marielle goes to bed, but when she wakes up, the dresses are gone! With no time to lose, Marielle must overcome her fear of heights to take a wild ride with her friend Pierre the pigeon to recover the missing party dresses, which have been scattered across Paris. "Schur recounts Marielle s whimsical adventures in straightforward narration, which is occasionally dashed with French vocabulary. [. . .] Lined in delicate pencil, de Sainte Marie's paintings faithfully reproduce a variety of Parisian sites. [. . .] Readers will enjoy the creativity Marielle brings to her designs, and the final pages invite them to locate the sources of her inspiration in de Sainte Marie's images." --Publisher's Weekly A simply delightful picture book for children ages 5 to 8. The collaborative work of children's author Maxine Rose Schur and impressively skilled illustrator Jeanne B. de Sainte Marie, "Marielle in Paris" is decidedly and unreservedly recommended for family, elementary school, and community library picture book collections where it is certain to become an enduringly popular addition. --Midwest Book Review Maxine Rose Schur is an award-winning children s book author and travel writer. A former professional actor, she gives guest lectures and teaches writing workshops. She has a bachelor's degree in theater arts from the University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree in liberal arts from Stanford University. Jeanne B. de Sainte Marie has been an avowed daydreamer since childhood and now she dreams up fictional worlds for children's books. She has also applied her colorful, engaging style to travel notebooks, Advent calendars, magazines, and materials for vehicles, including a fabric design for seats on the Paris city buses. Jeanne grew up in Michigan, but has lived in Paris for many years. She studied fine art and textile design at the University of Michigan and the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.