Bonnie's New Old Outfit

by Madison Moore, Danielle Bennett (Illustrator)

Overview

2023 Best Books for Kids&Teens starred selection, The Canadian Children's Book Centre

Bonnie's family can't change what clothes are in her wardrobe, but she can make them her own.

Bonnie wants the perfect first-day-of-school outfit, but everything in her wardrobe is too big or too small or worn out. So with the help of her family and a lot of creativity, Bonnie learns to use maker techniques like embroidery, knitting, and natural dyes to turn her old clothes into something new, original, and perfect for her catwalk to the bus stop.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807510117
Publisher:	Whitman, Albert & Company
Publication date:	09/22/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	46 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Madison Moore is an artist, maker, and writer. She’s a recent graduate of the University of Chicago and an editor. In her free time, you can find her swimming in the lake or playing ultimate frisbee. She is the author of two books. Visit her online at thegirlandthelamb.com.
Danielle Bennett is an illustrator and artist based in Kitchener, Ontario. She studied fine arts at the University of Waterloo, with a focus on painting.

Editorial Reviews

"With Earth awash in throwaway fashion, here's a welcome focus on one family’s creative upcycling."—Kirkus Reviews

2023 Best Books for Kids & Teens starred selection, The Canadian Children's Book Centre

From the Publisher

2022-07-13
With the help of her resourceful family, Bonnie embellishes used clothing to create a perfect first-day-of-school outfit.

Whether from the attic, the thrift store, or her own closet, the clothes Bonnie assembles are stained, worn out, or too big or small. Her older sister, Emilia, sympathizes and leads her to her own closet to demonstrate how she’s revamped older clothes by patching, hemming, and dyeing them. She shows Bonnie how to dye clothing and old sneakers with blueberries and onion skins. Bonnie asks her grandfather, a knitter, for help, and after a couple of days of tutelage, the pair have two new patches, “one neat and tidy and one new and scraggly.” As Mom prepares to alter Bonnie’s “too-big and too-small” clothing, Bonnie notices Mom’s embroidered shirt and soon learns to thread a needle and stitch simple patterns on socks and T-shirts. Finally, Bonnie’s back-to-school wardrobe is ready, each piece enhanced with the help of her clever family members—and a few crafty, sparkly additions of her own. Bonnie and Emilia are brown-skinned, their mother presents as Black, and their grandfather is light-skinned. While facial expressions aren’t especially detailed, familial scenes of collaborative work cheerfully extend the story. Final pages briefly discuss natural dyes, embroidery, knitting, and accessorizing. By highlighting one child’s personal expression, Moore removes the stigma from secondhand clothing. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

With Earth awash in throwaway fashion, here’s a welcome focus on one family’s creative upcycling. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews