In this hilarious retelling of Cinderella , it's Christmas Eve, and Cinderella is disappointed that her sisters have gone out and left her home alone. But then Santa Claus shows up at her house and needs help--and Cinderella is eager to lend a hand! In this hilarious spin on the traditional fairy tale Cinderella , it's Christmas Eve, and Cinderella's sisters have left Cinderella home alone to take care of the housework. Then Santa Claus shows up at Cinderella's house and needs help: He hurt his back, and now he can't lift his bag of toys! Cinderella eagerly lends a hand, and the two spend the evening delivering toys all around the world. When they're done, Santa offers to drop Cinderella off at the big party--but Cinderella decides there's something she'd much rather do instead. This humorous story offers up a fun take on the traditional fairy tale with rhyming text and energetic illustrations. Suzy Senior's Santarella (9781664300323, $18.99) features an engaging twist on two classic themes: Cinderella and Santa Claus. Lucy Semple's colorful and detailed, playful drawings enliven the spin on a Cinderella experience which takes place at Christmas and involves not a fairy godmothers, but Santa's intervention in her life. Christmas is more about jobs and gift-giving, however, as Cinderella lends a hand and discovers unexpected results from her efforts. --Midwest Book Review--Children's Bookwatch Santarella by author/storyteller Suzy Senior and artist/illustrator Lucy Semple is a laugh-out-loud take on the traditional fairy tale of Cinderella. Original, memorable, humorous, and fun, "Santerella with its deftly blending of a rhyming text and with energetic illustrations is unreservedly recommended as a prized pick for family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections for children ages 3-7. --Midwest Book Review--Children's Bookwatch “Cinderella” gets a Christmas-y remix in Senior’s modern rhyming rendition with a feminist twist. Classic meets contemporary in opening scenes of pale-skinned Cinderella grappling with the mess left by her “grumpy, bossy sisters” before they departed for a palace ball: “But back to Cinderella,/ in the kitchen, on her own,/ about to watch a boring/ Christmas movie on her phone.” A jingle and bump announce the arrival of someone down the chimney, and though Cindy’s hope for a fairy godmother is dashed by the arrival of Santa Claus, the can-do protagonist readily agrees to help white-presenting St. Nick deliver presents, instead. The globe-trotting that follows proves sufficiently revelatory to empower the heroine, who departs from fairy tale norms even as the story embraces folktale characters. Semple’s soft-edged renderings mingle magic and modernity throughout this appealing twice-told tale. Characters are shown with various skin tones. Ages 3–7. [em](Sept.) --Publishers Weekly Suzy Senior lives and works at the top of a huge hill in Sheffield. She lives with her family, a small group of squeaky pets, and quite a lot of books. She loves writing picture books, making things rhyme, and eating jaffa cakes, ideally all at the same time! Lucy Semple lives and works as a children’s illustrator in Nottinghamshire, England. She loves to create her art digitally but sometimes dabbles in traditional media in her free time. She can often be found curled up with a book, a cup of tea in hand, and her dachshund, Frankie, asleep on her knee.