Reviews

Every-Day Dress-Up by Selina Alko

rakishabpl's review

4.0

Perfect picture book to help stoke the imaginations and ambitions of the little girls in your life. Colorful, fun, and with social commentary. The mini biographies in the book of the famous women mentioned throughout definitely makes Every Day Dress Up a welcome addition to any personal library. I intend on buying this book for my daughters and reading it at every story time I get!

libscote's review

3.0

A cute story that encourages girls to dress up as figures other than princesses.

reader44ever's review

4.0

I really liked this book. The story and illustrations were both cute and it had the added bonus of being education: the little girl in the story used to dress up only to play princess, but once her mom introduced her to books featuring stories about women from history, she started role-playing, instead. Over a seven-day week, she dresses up as seven different women; each of the women (and a few others) have mini-biographies at the end of the book. :-)

beecheralyson's review

It is hard to rate certain books. This one has some fun features - At the back end of the book there is a picture book with dress up clothing and a bio list of all the women noted in the book. However, the end kind of made me think..."And when I'm older, I hope to have my own outstanding outfit, so that little girls will sport costumes of me!" (taken from F & G) Question - Do I want girls to emulate someone because of who they are or what they wear? What is the message being sent here?

I would likely recommend [b:My Name is Not Isabella|3486558|My Name is Not Isabella|Jennifer Fosberry|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266630177s/3486558.jpg|3527973]by Jennifer Fosberry. Similar theme but focus is more on who these incredible women were.