Review by Booklist Review
On Lucy's birthday, Aunt Augusta takes her little niece shopping for a dress. The enthusiastic shopkeeper and his staff bring out an extensive selection of frocks, beginning with "fancy dresses, frilly dresses, / stripy dresses, silly dresses, / Sundresses, / fun dresses, / blue dresses, / green. / Swishy dresses, witchy dresses, / Very, very itchy dresses! / Swirly-twirly-whirly / dresses, fit for a queen." After considering dozens of choices, Lucy says that she really wants a dress with pockets. And when the clerks wonder why, she reels off a lengthy, rhyming list of small animals, treats, and other items she might want to collect. Later, Lucy and Aunt Augusta leave the shop wearing similar, pocketed dresses and contented smiles. In a picture book with very little plot, Murray uses rhyme and rhythm playfully, maximizing listeners' enjoyment of the two lists that make up the text. Complementing the light tone of the verse, the digital illustrations bolster its humor with exaggerated dress designs and details of imagined expeditions for collecting small treasures. Good fun for reading aloud.
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
