* Ellis, Sarah. The Queen's Feet. Illus. Dusan Petricic. Calgary, AB: Red Deer Press, 2006.Queen Daisy's feet has a life of their own, and they don't much like to behave. After getting into all sorts on un-ladylike trouble, the queen's feet finally make a deal. This lively story is extended my the watercolour and pen-and-ink illustrations which offer additional details of misbehaviour and provide a foot-centric view of the world (aside from the cover and title page, the above-the-knees queen doesn't appear until almost the end of the story when the two parts come to an understanding). The illustrations also reinforce the idea of the feet as a character in their own right, independant of the queen. The story explores the tension between the pressure to follow rules and the need to feel free and wild, and provides a model for coming to terms with parts of ourselves that want to act in different ways.
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