Review by Booklist Review
Let's say you've got a pair of brand-new, fancy, lacy, lovely underpants. Well, you're gonna want to dance around in them, right? That's the logic followed by little Lily, whose frilly pink drawers look the best (or so she thinks) when furiously waggled before an audience. Oh, there's a bunch of variations: the leaping-down-the-steps underpants dance, the top-of-the-slide underpants dance, the cartwheeling-around-the-yard underpants dance, and countless more. Each one, however, gets the kibosh, either by parents, teachers, or her big sister, all of whom try to explain how lingerie advertisements, ballet performances, paintings, and laundry lines are not equivalent and therefore cannot be used as excuses. But nothing can tamp down Lily's enthusiasm, as depicted by Zapf's loopy, squealing text and Avril's squiggly gouache cartoons. When faced with the punishment of actual trousers, Lily just invents a way out: overpants. Kids embarrassed at exhibitionist siblings or kids who remember their own past undie exploits will get a giggle out of this.--Kraus, Daniel Copyright 2014 Booklist
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-Lily McBloom has brand-new, pink, lacy underpants. She can't help but dance around to show them off, and she loves it when others laugh at her antics. However, big sister Marigold is not impressed, and she tells Lily that the Underpants Dance is no longer acceptable for a girl who is growing up. Deciding to investigate, Lily finds several examples of grown-ups dancing in their underpants, but Marigold discounts each case. When Lily is given plain pants to wear over her lovely underpants, she finds a way to overcome her disappointment. Lily is a cheerful and resourceful character who simply devises new plans to continue frolicking around in her underpants upon being thwarted. Avril, illustrator of recent "Amelia Bedelia" books, offers similar images for this title. Her gouache paint-on-paper technique, with black ink outlines, makes each figure colorful and expressive, with plenty of action on each spread. An appealing cover, a heavy emphasis on the color pink, and Lily's fun-loving attitude add up to a solid picture book purchase that will be popular.-Gaye Hinchliff, King County Library System, WA (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Lily McBloom wants to show off her favorite frilly underpants, but her stick-in-the-mud big sister Marigold insists there are rules about such things. Though Lily sees exceptions everywhere (the neighbor's laundry line, for instance), Marigold won't budge, so Lily finds another way, donning her underpants over her clothes. Zapf's text feels a bit overwritten, but Avril's buoyant, bubblegum art livens things up considerably. (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
When it comes to prancing about in your undies, the mortification of an older sibling is just the icing on an already yummy cake. The pair of frilly pink panties featured in this title could star in their own book alone, but it's hardly a one-joke wonder. Upon receiving the lacy lovelies, young Lily McBloom finds it necessary to choreograph a series of underwear dances to show her new knickers off. Unfortunately, her older sister, Marigold, is horrified by the youngster's flagrant disregard of decorum and berates her at every turn. She's hardly alone, yet every time an authority figure forbids one kind of underwear dance, Lily just comes up with another (ballet! the cancan!). And when Marigold hits on the perfect solution to the problem, Lily turns her previously forbidden underpants dances into strange but oddly acceptable overpants displays. Complementing the balanced, bouncy text, Avril neatly captures the delight of showing off a favorite article of clothing. These unmentionables are ready for their close-up. (Picture book. 3-7)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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