“Who hasn’t had a favorite item of clothing and grieved when it grew too small or wore out? The little girl in this delightful picture book becomes upset when she outgrows her favorite dress. But, with needle and thread, her mama turns it into a shirt and—as she grows larger and it grows smaller—later into a tank top, then a skirt, scarf, socks, and finally a hair ribbon. When a puppy chews the ribbon, the heroine turns the scraps into a final transformation: a collage picture that she’ll never outgrow! Charming mixed-media illustrations pair with a lively rhyming text for a winning story about reuse, resourcefulness, and creativity.”—Tiffany, Grass Roots Books & Music, Corvallis. Buy I Had a Favorite Dress from Grass Roots Books & Music.
Face Out
I Had a Favorite Dress by Boni Ashburn, Julia Denos
August 30, 2011