Boni Ashburn

The narrator, with brown skin and dark hair, has a "favoritest dress ever" that she wears on her favorite day of the week (Tuesday)...but one day, it's too small! She asks her mama to make something out of it, and voila...it becomes a ruffly shirt. The pattern continues, with the original dress being remade into a shirt, skirt, scarf, socks, hair bow, and finally a piece of art.

A sweet story that will resonate with anyone who's ever grown out of a favorite item of clothing. Julia Denos' artwork makes the story sing, with plenty of sewist touches - even some of the text looks stitched.

See also: Joseph Had A Little Overcoat by Simms Taback… (mais)

Over at the Castle is a cute counting book that tells us about a kingdom and those who live in it, including two dragons. I enjoyed the rhyming, it gave the story a nice pace. I think children will enjoy it as well, the rhyming is repetitive, so they will probably be able to catch on and follow along aloud. The counting is great and done interestingly, each time the story goes to a different part of the kingdom, rhyming the entire time. The characters are also charming, I particularly enjoyed the part where we see the dungeons and a prisoner plotting his escape with his rat friends. I think young readers will enjoy those quirks as well as the dragons in the story.
The illustrations are colorful and descriptive, showing us what is happening in the story along with the text. The color palette is muted, giving the story that extra feeling of an old story told long ago. Overall, a fun read with cute characters.… (mais)