Dear Mrs. Levine,
My name is Eleanor, and I'm in 8th grade. I am American but I live in China. I have read a lot of your books, the first one I ever read was The Fairy's Mistake. Out of all of your books, my favorite one is Ella Enchanted and all the other books set in that kingdom. It was so cool when I listened to Ogre Enchanted and recognized Lady Eleanor to be Ella's mother! I just wanted to say thank you so much for writing your books, they have entertained me very much! I hope to be an author someday too. I would love it if you could answer this message.
-Eleanor
I really engoyed your childs chaper literature fantasty pieces Ella Encanted, Farest, Ever, the Bamare books, the Prencess Tales and the fairy books . Ella Encanted, Farest, Ever, the Bamare books, the Prencess Tales and the fairy books have been my favrite childs chater literature fantasty pieces. I shall really hope you keep writing. Happy Birday! Happy Birday!
Melondy
Dear Ms. Levine:
First of all, do excuse my sister. She is a bit mentally challenged. Second of all thank you! Thank you SO much for being you, for giving me something to read to my sister. It is a struggle, but Melondy tries really hard to understand your books. Thank you for giving me sometime to be close to my sister. Two weeks ago I found your website and yesterday I told my sister about the guest area, and she got so excided we had to write to you.
Thank you for being you!
Natsha
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Melondy and Natsha Peckenstien
11/03/2025 -
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Dear Ms. Levine,
I read "Ella Enchanted" for the first time in middle school over 25 years ago. I absolutely loved it. I even refused to ever see the movie because it was evident from the trailer that they had completely botched your work. I was so excited to share it with my 10-year-old daughter this year as a read aloud. We just finished it last night and she immediately exclaimed, "I LOVED IT!"
I have to admit, however, that my heart fell at one point. Last night, while reading Chapter 28, my heart caught in my throat as I read Char's letter: "More likely she was disfigured. Maybe she has a scar, or one eyelid droops, or her nose is a mottle purple." Luckily my eyes had scanned ahead so I deftly skipped over the words, "one eyelid droops" as I read aloud to my daughter. You see, she has congenital ptosis and one of her eyelids droops. But she is and always has been beautiful. I would never want her to consider herself disfigured. I was crestfallen reading this, a line I hadn't even thought twice about as a tween, knowing that it would have deeply hurt my daughter. I was so grateful that I had read the book aloud to her and that she hadn't read it on her own.
I still loved your book, but I just wanted to point out that this one line, in a children's book, could cause real, lasting hurt, for something that isn't and shouldn't be considered "disfigured."
Still, I thank you for your work; it brought me joy to share this wonderful story with my daughter.
I really enjoyed your book Ella Enchanted, and I'm doing a book report on it for school. I'm in 8th grade, and trying really hard to get high grades in my last year before high school. I have some questions but I understand if you're too busy to answer them. Just thought I'd try to reach out.
1. Was Hattie inspired by someone you know? Do you have siblings or step siblings that Hattie and Olive were based off of?
2. What made you start writing? How old were you when you started?
3. Where do you prefer to write?
4. Where did you get your ideas for Ella Enchanted?
5. What made you keep writing even though I'm sure it was hard?
6. Was there a specific message you wanted to send with the book Ella Enchanted?
7. How long did it take you to write this book?
8. Was there someone in your childhood or schooling that inspired you to write?
9.How long did it take you to develop the general personality you wanted for the characters?
10. How do you feel about the movie? Do you like it, or do you think they missed important parts of the plot?
11. Where did you get the characters' names from? Were they inspired by anything?
12. Are you happy with how the book turned out? Is there something you looked back on now and would have changed?
Thank you for your time Mrs Levine, and I hope you can get back to me.
Charlotte A
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Charlotte A
10/10/2025 -
14:48 -
City: ottawa -
State: ontario -
Country: canada
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Gail
My name is Eleanor, and I'm in 8th grade. I am American but I live in China. I have read a lot of your books, the first one I ever read was The Fairy's Mistake. Out of all of your books, my favorite one is Ella Enchanted and all the other books set in that kingdom. It was so cool when I listened to Ogre Enchanted and recognized Lady Eleanor to be Ella's mother! I just wanted to say thank you so much for writing your books, they have entertained me very much! I hope to be an author someday too. I would love it if you could answer this message.
-Eleanor
Melondy
Dear Ms. Levine:
First of all, do excuse my sister. She is a bit mentally challenged. Second of all thank you! Thank you SO much for being you, for giving me something to read to my sister. It is a struggle, but Melondy tries really hard to understand your books. Thank you for giving me sometime to be close to my sister. Two weeks ago I found your website and yesterday I told my sister about the guest area, and she got so excided we had to write to you.
Thank you for being you!
Natsha
I read "Ella Enchanted" for the first time in middle school over 25 years ago. I absolutely loved it. I even refused to ever see the movie because it was evident from the trailer that they had completely botched your work. I was so excited to share it with my 10-year-old daughter this year as a read aloud. We just finished it last night and she immediately exclaimed, "I LOVED IT!"
I have to admit, however, that my heart fell at one point. Last night, while reading Chapter 28, my heart caught in my throat as I read Char's letter: "More likely she was disfigured. Maybe she has a scar, or one eyelid droops, or her nose is a mottle purple." Luckily my eyes had scanned ahead so I deftly skipped over the words, "one eyelid droops" as I read aloud to my daughter. You see, she has congenital ptosis and one of her eyelids droops. But she is and always has been beautiful. I would never want her to consider herself disfigured. I was crestfallen reading this, a line I hadn't even thought twice about as a tween, knowing that it would have deeply hurt my daughter. I was so grateful that I had read the book aloud to her and that she hadn't read it on her own.
I still loved your book, but I just wanted to point out that this one line, in a children's book, could cause real, lasting hurt, for something that isn't and shouldn't be considered "disfigured."
Still, I thank you for your work; it brought me joy to share this wonderful story with my daughter.
Yours sincerely,
Jackie
I really enjoyed your book Ella Enchanted, and I'm doing a book report on it for school. I'm in 8th grade, and trying really hard to get high grades in my last year before high school. I have some questions but I understand if you're too busy to answer them. Just thought I'd try to reach out.
1. Was Hattie inspired by someone you know? Do you have siblings or step siblings that Hattie and Olive were based off of?
2. What made you start writing? How old were you when you started?
3. Where do you prefer to write?
4. Where did you get your ideas for Ella Enchanted?
5. What made you keep writing even though I'm sure it was hard?
6. Was there a specific message you wanted to send with the book Ella Enchanted?
7. How long did it take you to write this book?
8. Was there someone in your childhood or schooling that inspired you to write?
9.How long did it take you to develop the general personality you wanted for the characters?
10. How do you feel about the movie? Do you like it, or do you think they missed important parts of the plot?
11. Where did you get the characters' names from? Were they inspired by anything?
12. Are you happy with how the book turned out? Is there something you looked back on now and would have changed?
Thank you for your time Mrs Levine, and I hope you can get back to me.
Charlotte A