Classics, Nonfiction, and Children's Literature
I Had a Favorite Dress by Boni Ashburn and illustrated by Julia Denos (Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2011) emphasizes childhood creativity and recycling when clothes stop fitting. When the narrator’s dress stops fitting, her creative mother adapts it into a ruffly shirt. As that item of clothing becomes too worn or too small, the
Big Bouffant by Kate Hosford and illustrated by Holly Clifton-Brown (Carolrhoda Books, 2011) tells the story of an inventive and creative girl, Annabelle, who is tired of seeing the same hairstyles at school. It takes a gusty girl to set the fashion fad and Annabelle is able to pull it off by creating a “bouffant”
Birdie’s birthday party is tomorrow but in Birdie’s Big Girl Dress by Sujean Rim (Little Brown, 2011), she discovers that her favorite party dress is too small! Thus begins a search for the perfect party dress for Birdie. When the stores prove fruitless, she finds treasure in her attic. With detailed watercolor illustrations and just
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