Sunday, September 9, 2012

Review - Zoe Gets Ready

Title: Zoe Gets Ready
Author and Illustrator: Bethanie Denney Murguia
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books (May 1, 2012)
Format: Board Book; Pgs 40
Genre: Children’s
Source: Amazon Vine Program
Ages: 3 and up

I fell in love with this book just by the cover alone. You cannot tell by a picture on a computer screen, but the true cover is all sparkly and embossed. It sets the stage for the many facets of little Zoe. A little girl whose weekday outfits are picked by others, but on Saturdays, glorious Saturdays, Zoe gets to do the picking.

Here in lies the dilemma, is this Saturday going to be a pocket day where you need to bring home treasures or a cartwheel day where your toes can touch the sky. Or a blend in day where you can hide in a tree and your little sister cannot find you.

I adore Zoe and her zany way of handling her situation. Why not, it is only clothing and the imagination of a young child is a wondrous thing.

Bethanie Denney Murguia is a talented storywriter and illustrator and I look forward to seeing more of Zoe’s wonderful solutions to everyday quandaries.

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