Mismatch Mabelle

by Kate Padilla

This is a children's book about inclusion. It was written by a nine year old for young readers. It is about a talent contest that the kids initiated themselves and about the entries of several children. Maybelle is color blind and her outfit choices for the day of the contest did not match. Her classmates never knew that Maybelle was color blind because her mother always matched her clothes before school. On the day of the talent show, her mom was away on a business trip. Her dad tried to help match Maybelle's clothes but he is color blind too!

Kindle Edition

Published January 28, 2024

About the author

Kate Padilla is a journalist, writer, blogger and book reviewer who operates the blog Blondie Marie and writes for the Spencer Daily Reporter in Spencer, Iowa. Save Me, San Francisco is her first book, though she's tentatively beginning what she hopes to be a novel (also inspired by music). When she's not writing (or reading), she's running, crafting or helping renovate the house she and her husband bought three years ago. She lives in Spencer, Iowa with her husband, their one-year-old son and two pugs.