I Had a Favorite Dress

Name: I Had a Favorite Dress
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Boni Ashburn
ISBN: 9781633797918

Author: Boni Ashburn

Narrator: Bahni Turpin

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Published: 03/10/2015

Categories: Fiction, Family Life

Synopsis

As the year passes, the narrator's favorite dress goes through a series of creative changes, from dress to shirt to tank top to scarf and so on, until all that's left of it is a good memory. Assisted by her patient and crafty mama, the narrator finds that when disaster strikes her favorite things, she doesn't need to make mountains out of molehills - she 'makes molehills out of mountains' instead! Structured around the days of the week, the story is also illustrated to show the passing of the seasons, a perfect complement to the themes of growing older and keeping hold (and letting go) of special mementos.

About Boni Ashburn

Boni Ashburn is the author of Hush, Little Dragon and Over at the Castle. She lives in Houghton, Michigan, with her four children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary Ann on August 03, 2011

I loved reading this with my 7 year old. Her comment: "It's really creative!" She was full of smiles as she realized the pattern in the story and started predicting what the little girl would make next out of her favorite dress. And then toward the end, she loved how she couldn't quite predict what......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on February 02, 2019

Distraught when her favorite dress, always worn on her favorite day (Tuesday) becomes too small to wear, the young heroine of this charming picture-book turns to her mother, and "Snip, Snip, Sew, Sew... New shirt, Hello!" This new garment soon becomes the young girl's favorite piece of clothing, alw......more

Goodreads review by Tara on August 16, 2011

When a young girl's dress gets too short, voila!, it is made into a shirt. And when that shirt's sleeves get too short, voila!, a tank top ... and so the story goes until nothing remains of the dress. A excellent story showing how one things can be used many times and you shouldn't freak out about t......more