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    Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine, Chodos-Irvine Margaret

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    • Age Range: For infants or children in preschool
    • Pub. Date: March 2003
    • 40pp
    • Sales Rank: 115,017

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      • Pub. Date: March 2003
      • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
      • Format: Hardcover, 40pp
      • Sales Rank: 115,017
      • Age Range: For infants or children in preschool
      • Lexile: 810L 

      Synopsis

      Ella Sarah asserts her independence even when her bigger family members want her to be just like them.

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      Despite the advice of others in her family, Ella Sarah persists in wearing the striking and unusual outfit of her own choosing.

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      A junior Diana Vreeland in blue sheep jammies, Ella Sarah coolly surveys her open armoire and announces that she will wear "my pink polka-dot pants, my dress with orange-and-green flowers, my purple-and-blue striped socks, my yellow shoes, and my red hat." Family members try to dissuade her from an outfit that they deem too "dressy" or "fancy" or "silly" (the last comes from an older sister trying to pawn off some hand-me-downs). But Ella Sarah resists their admonitions and proves her sartorial instincts are "just right" when the occasion is a dress-up tea party with her friends. A gifted printmaker, Chodos-Irvine (Apple Pie Fourth of July) uses bright but well-modulated colors, sharply defined shapes and plenty of white space to give the pictures a strong graphic punch and convey a range of emotions. When Ella Sarah's ambitions collide with her mother's disapproval (however mild), Chodos-Irvine shows the confident girl's posture curving into a dejected "S"; when Ella Sarah reaches the breaking point, the illustrator depicts her fury by showing only Ella Sarah's hand on the left, with the toy cat she has thrown, flying across the spread. By conveying her heroine's perspective so convincingly, Chodos-Irvine makes the book's ending a triumph-and one that should strike a chord with dress-up fans everywhere. Ages 2-5. (May) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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      MARGARET CHODOS-IRVINE is the illustrator of several award-winning picture books. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

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      Every family needs the lessons of Ella Sarahby Xanner

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      November 11, 2009: Love the book, it was one of my daughters favorites. The lesson is a basic concept but an important one. People need to be who they are, and in this instance, dress how they feel. We should let them use their creative minds to express themselves. It was actaully given to us as a gift originally when my daughter was about 3, and every copy we have bought, has been a gift for someone else. So, partly thanks to this book, I have had my own Ella Sarah since the beginning and I have respected her originality! Thanks Cousin Louise for introducing us to it!

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      May 07, 2008: In this beautiful book, 'Ella Sarah Gets Dressed', by Margaret Chodos-Irvine, Ella gets dressed for a tea party. Everybody tells her, 'Wear this, wear that!'. Ella Sarah does not want to wear those silly outfits. She wants to wear her 'pink polka-dotted pants, her dress with orange and green flowers, her purple and blue striped socks, her yellow shoes and her red hat!'. She finally got dressed and was out the door. Her friends thought her outfit was snazzy! I would recommend this book to girls because girls normally wear snazzy outfits. I hope you have fun reading this book, it's a great one!


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