If the Magic Fits by Susan Maupin Schmid

The dresses are magical, and want to be worn, so that they can help save the castle from those who would destroy it by waking the enchanted dragons who built it. Near to the room where she irons, there's another room, used to store 100 old dresses. Mariposa is preoccupied by the pressure being put on her to marry, and though she and Darling do cross paths, it's not through the princess that Darling finds herself caught in a web of magic. But luck is with her, and she gets promoted up to the rank of Under-Presser, ironing Princess Mariposa's linens.ĭarling is the sort of girl who dreams of magic and adventure (her year of pot scrubbing was mostly spent telling stories to her fellow comrade in suds), and so immediately starts imagining the Princess befriending her. When she's ten, she gets her first position, as a pot scrubber, slaving in the under-cellar under the stern eye of the Supreme Scrubstress. Adopted by a kindly Under-Slicer Jane (this is the sort of castle where everyone on the staff has a very clearly defined position), Darling assumes that she'll rise in the ranks to a solid position of her own. It is a very good book to offer the 8-10 year old who enjoys wish-fulfillment type fantasy set in castles, who likes gentler stories as opposed to blood and gore.ĭarling has been part of the staff of the castle since she was born. But I have a nice one to share this evening- If the Magic Fits (100 Dresses), by Susan Maupin Schmid (Random House Oct. Kids Blog, and it shows in the paucity of posts here. Squeezing in a review.I've been writing quite a bit for B.

If the Magic Fits by Susan Maupin Schmid