Little Wings #1: Willa Bean's Cloud Dreams (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Galante, Cecilia

ISBN 10: 0375969470 ISBN 13: 9780375969478

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2011

Synopsis

Cecilia Galante, the author of The Patron Saint of Butterflies, makes her Stepping Stones debut with a sweet series about a lovable curly-haired cupid.

Most cupids have soft straight hair, rosy cheeks, and silky white wings. Not Willa Bean! She has a crazy mess of hair, a million-bajillion freckles, and bright purple wings with silver tips. And lately those bright purple wings with silver tips have been giving Willa Bean an awful lot of problems. They won't fly! Cupid Academy is starting soon, and what if she's the only cloudbound cupid there? Nope, nope, nopeity, nope. Willa Bean just has to make her wings behave!
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this title

About the Author:

CECILIA GALANTE's YA novel, The Patron Saint of Butterflies, was a Book Sense pick, the Northeast Indie Booksellers YA Book of the Year, and a Recommended Read for Teens on Oprah's Web site. She has also written The Sweetness of Salt, Wildwood, and Hershey Herself.

KRISTI VALIANT has illustrated several children's books, including Cora Cooks Pancit and Dancing Dreams.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

From Booklist:

Willa Bean, a young cupid, lives in a pink, fluffy world made up of polka-dot clouds connected by feather bridges. She sure stands out, with silky white wings and wild hair that grows sideways instead of straight down. But Willa Bean stands out in another way, too: she can’t fly, and her first day of Cupid Academy is tomorrow. What if she is the only cloud-bound cupid? Spirited and quirky, Willa Bean resembles Beverly Cleary’s Ramona—and, like Ramona, Willa Bean’s transition to school life does not go smoothly. But with the support of her family, her best friend, and her pet owl, Willa Bean begins to adjust, and it’s not long before she is following the Cupid Rule, which requires kindness toward others. It’s also not long before she is flying. Aimed at readers transitioning to chapter books, this title features simple text and plenty of black-and-white illustrations. Willa Bean, making her debut in the Little Wings series, is sure to appeal to fans of Daisy Meadows’ Rainbow Magic books. Grades 2-4. --Suzanne Harold

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0375969470
• ISBN 13: 9780375969478
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 112
• Illustrator: Valiant Kristi