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Title details for I Had a Favorite Dress by Boni Ashburn - Available

I Had a Favorite Dress

by Boni Ashburn
Bahni Turpin
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As the year passes, the narrator's favorite dress goes through a series of creative changes, from dress to shirt to tank top to scarf and so on, until all that's left of it is a good memory. Assisted by her patient and crafty mama, the narrator finds that when disaster strikes her favorite things, she doesn't need to make mountains out of molehills - she 'makes molehills out of mountains' instead! Structured around the days of the week, the story is also illustrated to show the passing of the seasons, a perfect complement to the themes of growing older and keeping hold (and letting go) of special mementos.

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  • Release date

    March 10, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666593952
      • File size: 3383 KB
      • Duration: 00:07:02

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      What happens when a little girl's dress becomes too small, but she can't bear to part with it because it's her favorite dress? Narrator Bahni Turpin tells us with joyful high tones and a musical intonation that captures the little girl's imagination, disappointment, and subsequent joy as she and her mother come up with creative solutions to extend the life of the dress through numerous transformations. Turpin's singsong modulations capture the lightheartedness of this story and the protagonist's cuteness. Musical accompaniment adds to the upbeat mood of this sweet story and its themes of growing up and active problem solving. M.F. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 8, 2011
      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 dayâfor 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 4â6.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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