Review by Booklist Review
A young girl wears her favoritest dress ever each Tuesday, her favoritest weekday. But when the dress becomes too short, she is hesitant to let it go, asking Mama for help: And snip, snip, sew, sew . . . New shirt, hello! It becomes her favoritest shirt, worn on her new favorite weekday, Wednesday until too-tight sleeves bring another challenge. Through trends, seasons, and wear-and-tear activities like making snow-angels and attending ballet class, Mama keeps making it work, turning the dress into a skirt, a scarf, even a hair-bow until, alas, there's little left to save. However, now the girl is inspired to make something herself. Both entertaining and empathetic, this charming picture book features a cute, animated protagonist, whose lively first-person narrative incorporates repetition and plenty of whimsical touches as well as cheerful mixed-media illustrations of expressive multicultural characters in diverse scenarios, from cityscapes to home. Readers will appreciate the creative clothing reimaginings, affectionate mother-daughter relationship, and the girl's final art project: a simple, satisfying means to preserve something held dear.--Rosenfeld, Shelle Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
In a spunky story about adjusting to change with creativity and style, a young fashionista loves her salmon-pink dress with its striped bodice and ruffles, wearing it every Tuesday, her favorite day of the week. But one day, the dress is too short, so Mama, dressed in her own boho-stylish clothes, works some refashioning magic, "And snip, snip, sew, sew... New shirt, hello!" When the sleeves get too tight, Mama turns it into a tank top and later a skirt, which the girl wears every Friday, her new favorite day--for the moment. Readers should enjoy the beloved dress's transitions (including incarnations as a scarf and a pair of socks), which are vibrantly conveyed through Denos's (Dotty) mixed-media collages composed of hip colors, jazzy patterns, and delicate pencilwork. Ashburn's (Over at the Castle) prose is shot through with loose internal rhymes ("And my new cool-for-school skirt looked just right with my favorite tights! I wore it one Friday and it felt just right"), giving the story a buoyancy to match its heroine. Tailor-made, so to speak, for the Etsy generation of DIY enthusiasts. Ages 4-6. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 3-The protagonist of this delightful book is a young girl who has a favorite dress she wears on Tuesday, her favorite day of the week. When she discovers one morning that her "favoritest dress" is too short, she complains to her mother who tells her that instead of making mountains out of molehills, she should try making "molehills out of mountains!" Her mother turns the outgrown dress into a beautiful new ruffly shirt, which then becomes her "favoritest shirt" for her new favorite day of the week, Wednesday. The story continues until there are eventually just scraps left and the girl uses them to make a picture of the original dress that she can enjoy every day. This upbeat story will resonate with young listeners who share a fondness for a particular piece of clothing. The rhythmic narration of Bahni Turpin brings the bubbly tale to life. VERDICT Fun and engaging, this will resonate with children of all ages. Recommended for public library collections.-Amy Joslyn, Fairport Public Library, NY © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
A sprightly, modernized and girly version of the Jewish folktale "The Tailor," which also formed the foundation of Simms Taback's Caldecott-winningJoseph Had a Little Overcoat.An unnamed girl recounts how every Tuesday, her favorite day, she wears her "favoritest" dress. Until the day she finds her dress is too short! Mama says, "Don't make mountains out of molehills, make molehills out of mountains." Snip, snip, the dress becomes a new ruffly shirt to wear on Wednesday. When the shirt becomes too tight in the sleeves, snip, snip, it becomes a breezy tank top, then a cool skirt, then a tassely scarf, a pair of socks and a pretty hair bow, finally ending up as scraps and bits. Heeding her mother's advice, she turns the snippets into a piece of art that she can enjoy year-round.The digitally collaged mixed-media illustrations of watercolors, graphite, colored pencil and needle and thread are what give the story its bounce and flounce. Breezy in style, they smartly stitch each scene of alteration as the not-so-little girl sashays through the days of the week and the seasons.A charming interpretation of an old story that will speak to young fashionistas.(Picture book. 4-8)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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