Thirty-three poems bring to life the voices of the familiar and not-so-familiar characters from Cinderella, including Cinderella, her father, stepmother, and garden cat, as well as the rat, the prince, and the famous glass slipper.
Joseph Paul grows up following the career of baseball great Joe DiMaggio and learning the rules of the game from his grandfather and dreaming of becoming a famous baseball player himself, and somehow healing his grandfather's broken heart.