The Dress and the Girl by Camille Andros, illustrated by Julie Morstad. PICTURE BOOK. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2018. $18. 9781419731617
BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) – ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
A girl loves wearing the dress her mom made to do all the simple things that make up her life, and yet her and her dress long for something extraordinary. Then one day they leave their home to move to America and the dress is lost in a trunk. The trunk with the dress travels the world and the girl grows up and has a girl of her own. One day they meet again through the window of a second hand shop.
The illustrations in this book are gorgeous and behind the story of the dress is the story of leaving one’s country for another and finding the things that matter. This is a thoughtful and well composed book that reads a bit like poetry.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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