Sometime last week Annabel decided she would take over the matter of picking out her clothing and, even more importantly, that she would no longer require my help when pulling on her pants or finding her way through a shirt. Every morning she carries her bathroom stool over to her dresser and peers into the top drawer containing shirts, socks, and pants. She will pull out various articles that are to her liking and arrange them on the floor: one sock placed beneath each pant leg and a shirt above the pants, just so. It is quite sweet, but bittersweet for me as well. She has always had a choice between this and that, but maybe Daisy Gets Dressed inspired her to take matters of the wardrobe- the picking, choosing, and dressing-entirely upon herself.
This rhyming story is a unique visual delight. Instead of your run-of-the-mill watercolor or pen and ink, Clare Beaton uses fabric, thread, beads- all manner of textiles, really- to create a memorable seek-and-find book. Where can Daisy’s skirt be?, and how many wavy things can you see? Along with the skirt decked out in ric rac, an octopus, spaghetti, and a wriggly snake are stitched onto the page.
The book continues on in this manner with successive pages devoted to striped, starry, and swirly patterns, to name a few. When it’s all said and done, Daisy is decked out in an eye-catching ensemble, from boots to umbrella.
Daisy Gets Dressed is part how-to, part seek-and-find, part pattern recognition, and wholly delightful.
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