Review by Booklist Review
What does it mean to dress like a girl? The six youngsters in this title show that there are no restrictions when it comes to answering that question. When five girls with a variety of skin tones, hair colors, and hair textures arrive at their friend's home for a sleepover, they are in for a fun day of playing dress up. The girls search through a box of clothing, ultimately playacting a variety of activities and even "trying on" potential careers. Ensembles include astronaut, chef, doctor, firefighter, police officer, arctic explorer, and artist. Digital illustrations using watercolor, ink, gouache, and colored pencil reveal subdued backgrounds, putting the emphasis on the children and their clothing. On one double-page spread, the rhyming couplet proclaims: It's game day! / So sport your team colors with pride. / Wear jerseys and helmets; / play hard for your side. Each girl, in appropriate gear, represents a different sport. The girls-can-do-anything theme rings loud and clear and is presented with energy in an entertaining format.--Maryann Owen Copyright 2018 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Toht pokes fun at fashion "rules" as a diverse group of friends dress for a variety of special occasions. When "bright, vivid hues" are in order, the girls don firefighter and police uniforms, and when a day at the beach (or bath time) calls for "sleek swimwear," they wear snorkel gear. On "game day," they don uniforms to play sports (among them hockey, soccer, basketball, and football), and in a tool shop, they wear hard hats and take measurements. Tu-Dean captures the joy of dressing up, friendship, and discovery in her mixed-media art. Fashion is limitless and fun, Toht suggests-but it's not so much the clothes that matter as the individual underneath. Ages 4-8. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Common fashion maxims are spun into rhyming messages of empowerment emphasized by mixed-media illustrations of girls playing joyously while they explore different potential occupations. "You can be brave dressed in reds or in blues," reads the text while the pictured girls pretend to be a firefighter and a police officer. A clever and original take on the ubiquitous girls-can-be-anything picture book. (c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
Fashion-conscious young girls get practical tips on finding suitable outfits for every occasionand profession.An ethnically diverse group of girls arrives at the home of their friend, whose Asian father and black mother look on. In the rhyming text readers learn that the rules about what it means to dress like a girl are to be heeded "in your own way." The girls proceed to play dress-up and make-believe with costumes of astronauts, doctors, conductors, fire fighters, police officers, scuba divers, arctic explorers, athletes, and construction workers. The ink-and-watercolor illustrations render lively children against spare backgrounds of rooms throughout the house that adapt to the girls' imaginations. Readers are told to "Make your own rules / in this big wide world. // Set your sights high / and // DRESS LIKE A GIRL!" After many play scenes, they demonstrate their costumes and personalities for the hostess's family, holding signs that say "Whoooo runs the world? GIRLS" and "My own hero" and "Get it, GIRL!" Then they fall asleep in their superhero-, dinosaur-, and outer-space-themed sleeping bags, with costume equipment scattered around on the floor. More a promotion of girl power than a challenge to genderit does still validate the concept of "dressing like a girl"this book encourages girls to broaden their horizons beyond princesses and fairies.A cute reflection of girl-centric playtime, role play, and friendship. (Picture book. 3-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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