Dress Me Up! A Mix-and-Match Play Book

Eight children appear in cheerful, collage-rendered scenes. Carluccio warmly introduces each one, inviting readers to select their outfits: “Dress Riley for the hot, sunny beach!” The figures each have three die-cut features in their clothing and 24 flaps offer an eye-catching variety of patterns and prints, including ice cream cones, unicorns, hearts, and stars. The flaps can be placed beneath the die-cuts to change the appearance of each child’s outfit. For Noah, a curly-haired, brown-skinned boy painting on an easel, readers can switch up the pattern on his painting frock. Elsewhere, readers can vary the socks worn by a baseball player named Olivia and change the color of Anika’s umbrella. Carluccio gives readers the chance to be the designers in this smartly constructed outing. Ages 2–5. (Apr.)