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Title	:	Fanny's Dream
Author	:	Caralyn Buehner
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 32 pages
Published	:	June 23rd 2003 by Puffin Books (first published 1996)
Categories	:	Childrens. Picture Books

Fanny's Dream Paperback | Pages: 32 pages

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In this inventive take on the traditional Cinderella tale, Fanny Agnes is a sturdy farm girl with a big dream. Someday, she believes, she will marry a prince. When the town mayor announces he is throwing a grand ball, Fanny is convinced her time has come. She puts on her best calico dress and goes out to the garden so that she'll be ready when her fairy godmother arrives. As the seconds tick by, Fanny waits and waits. Finally, she hears a voice. It isn't her fairy godmother-but it is someone who will change her life forever.

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Original Title:	Fanny's Dream
ISBN:	0142500607 (ISBN13: 9780142500606)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Primary (1999)

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Ratings: 4.28 From 2868 Users | 277 Reviews

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Fanny wants to marry a Prince or something like that-something like the mayors son. On the night of the ball she waits for her fairy godmother and is laughed at by people. A man, Fanny knows comes to talk to her as she waits. He proposes marriage and Fanny decides that her dreams were childish and does so. Her fairy godmother comes years later and in the end Fanny decides she is happy with the life she chosen. The moral of the story is that we do not need a prince to be happy.

I really enjoyed this story, because its a non-traditional fairy-tale. Fanny has dreams of marrying a prince, and live in a palace. She patiently awaits her fairy god mother. However Fanny ends up making her own dreams come true. The pictures follow the text well, and it is quite entertaining.

It's always fun to read a retelling of a well-known tale, but I adore the twist at the end of Fanny's Dream! I was pleasantly surprised with how much I liked this book.

Picture Book - While I can see how this may not be a childrens book, I certainly enjoyed it. The message is fabulous and a good reminder to be happy now.

I have erased my paragraphs of heartfelt thoughts and will simply say this book is worth your time!

What a delightful take on the Cinderella story. I am so grateful that her fairy godmother was late and that she got a truly wonderful and ordinary life! Of course, the fact that it takes place in Wyoming helps. However, I cannot think where in Wyoming one might be able to grow melons...

Everyone should read this book to their children. It is a different telling of the Cinderella story, but instead of being beautiful, Fanny is normal. It makes you step back and look at what happily ever after really means, and it is wonderful. I am so sad that it took me until my sophomore year of college to ever hear about it and read it. Get it now!