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Can I read I Had a Favorite Dress on EtoBox?
I Had a Favorite Dress by Boni Ashburn; pictures by Julia Denos is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is I Had a Favorite Dress about?
Open up a fresh and stylish story about growing up and keeping hold of your favorite memories. 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.Praise for I Had a Favorite Dress'A spunky story about adjusting to change with creativity and style. Tailor-made, so to speak, for the Etsy generation of DIY enthusiasts.” –Publishers Weekly“Everyone is smiling in the buoyant confections created by illustrator Julia Denos—including, it's fair to say, young readers looking at them. Endearing picture book.” –Wall Street Journal“What could have been yet another example of kindergarten consumerism instead becomes one of resourcefulness and re
Who reads I Had a Favorite Dress?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Boni Ashburn; pictures by Julia Denos
- Publisher
- New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781613122020
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Fiction, Design, Children'S
- Rating
- 4.12 / 5 (655 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14