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Hardcover Details
  • 06/2023
  • 978-1951317645 1951317645
  • 40 pages
  • $22.95
Ebook Details
  • 04/2023
  • B0C21RYD2L
  • 40 pages
  • $4.99
Weekend with a Fashionista
Do you have an emerging fashionista in your home? Have you ever wondered what goes into creating the clothes you wear every day? Brooke Fairley and her family visit their cousin Delfi in New York City to explore the fashion scene. Brooke is inspired by how designers like Coco Chanel, Lilly Pulitzer, and Vera Wang created their iconic styles from unconventional places. She discovers the history of items we wear daily and the inventions behind them while learning how a fashion designer thinks. Brooke finds her creative side and surprises her family with her first design. Weekend with a Fashionista is book six in the new STEM series, If Not You, Then Who? It is a smart and beautiful picture book that sparks curiosity and imagination. It can be read at multiple levels, making it fun for kids ages 4-10. The series is written by David and Emberli Pridham and aims to teach children how curiosity, passion, and ideas materialize into useful inventions. It shows young readers that no dream is too big and no dreamer is too small to succeed. Young readers learn how anyone can be an inventor.
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Family team David Pridham, Emberli Pridham, and Brooke Pridham take readers on a vibrant journey through the New York City fashion scene in this appealing story, the sixth in their If Not You, Then Who? series (after It’s a Very Merry Christmas). Young protagonist Brooke is elated to be visiting her cousin Delfi, an up-and-coming fashion designer, in New York City for a tour of all things couture. And Delfi has a fun-filled trip planned, complete with tours of designer stores, insider tips on the latest trends, and even front row seats to her latest design competition. Amongst all the glamor, the authors sprinkle real-life fashion stories and educational tidbits.

Adult readers, too, will find much to appreciate here. Fashion’s history is explored, as is the background of United States patents, including several noteworthy patents obtained over the years. Of particular note are the authors’ vignettes on different fashion-related items and their transformations over time: sunglasses have been around since prehistoric days, when the Inuits of Canada utilized them to protect their eyes from the sun’s glare; women’s nylons skyrocketed in popularity during the 1939 World’s Fair; and neckties have been transformed from their role in Croatian military uniforms to their eventual white-collar job usage around the turn of the 20th century. Ronquillo’s graphics are as colorful and dynamic as the book’s fashion choices.

Brooke and her family, of course, get to learn fashion’s secrets firsthand—and share in Delfi’s excitement when she wins runner up in her competition. When Brooke shares her admiration for Delfi’s success, her mom wisely advises her to follow her own dreams much like her cousin has: “No dream is too big, no dreamer too small. Everyone starts somewhere.” To build on that theme, the authors include a link to their Young Inventor’s Club with monthly STEAM activities.

Takeaway: A chic journey through the history and present of the fashion world.

Comparable Titles: Dana Thomas’s Fashionopolis, Katey Howes’s Be a Maker.

Production grades
Cover: A
Design and typography: A
Illustrations: A
Editing: A
Marketing copy: A

Formats
Hardcover Details
  • 06/2023
  • 978-1951317645 1951317645
  • 40 pages
  • $22.95
Ebook Details
  • 04/2023
  • B0C21RYD2L
  • 40 pages
  • $4.99
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