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Title: If the Magic Fits
Subtitle: 100 Dresses, Book 1
Author: Susan Maupin Schmid
Narrator: Jessica Almasy
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-25-16
Publisher: Listening Library
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
Try on a little magic with this lighthearted fantasy adventure! For fans of Liesl Shurtliff, Jessica Day George, E. D. Baker, and Gail Carson Levine.
Inside an enchanted castle, there's a closet - a closet with 100 dresses that nobody ever wears. Dresses like those need a good trying on, and Darling Dimple is just the girl to do it. When she tries on Dress Number 11, something unbelievable happens. She transforms into the castle's Head Scrubber! It turns out that each dress can disguise her as someone else. And Darling is about to have an adventure that calls for a disguise or two, or 100.
Members Reviews:
Completely charming and fun MG fantasy
Darling is a orphaned servant in Princess Mariposa's castle who stumbles upon a closet full of magic dresses that transform her appearance into different people. The princess is wooed by several suitors, but can't seem to pick. Then Darling overhears a plot by the most favored prince to capture the princess's heart and use her to unlock the magic restraining the castle's dragons. So, with the help of the dresses, Darling assigns herself the job of saving the princess and the kingdom.
The story is exciting and well-crafted. I was tickled to see the author borrowed names of her fellow SCBWI member and put them in the story (Sarvinder!). I can't wait to see what Darling's next adventure will be.
What if your dresses chose you?
This is a fun children's book--full of magic and mysteries. Little Darling Dimple (not her given name) rises from the under-cellar where she's been scrubbing pots and pans to become the Under-Presser and meets Princess Mariposa, whom she's dreamed of meeting--and becoming her friend instead of a servant girl with only an artichoke crate to call her own. Instead she's bullied by the other servants, especially Francesca, in her dorm room and is miserable--until she finds the magic closet, the magic dresses, and Iago, who lives under her bed... There's also a magic canary and a plot against the princess, and Darling struggles through various challenges and mistakes, but perseveres, even climbing up to the chained dragon......
I enjoyed the story, and I loved the gryphon too.
A New Classic
100 Dresses has numerous charms that will lure any young reader deep into the author's story. In particular, I loved the unique personalities of the dresses themselves, seamlessly (wink) brought to life and subsequently returned to the wardrobe. And, of course, the mouse. You can't not love the mouse. But, more than being a marvelous fairy tale of princesses and Under-pressers and dragons, 100 Dresses is a story about a girl who discovers she can be anything she wants. This book is well suited to elementary class rooms and book clubs. Don't miss it.
I was tickled to see that there is a sequel coming but disappointed that I have to wait until next summer to ...
Such a delightful read - just the right mix of -- everything!! I'm looking forward to my nieces coming at Thanksgiving so I can share it with them! I was tickled to see that there is a sequel coming but disappointed that I have to wait until next summer to read it! I did pre-order though:)!
Five Stars
Fun, exciting and magical. Looking forward to the next adventure.
