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The Yellow Tutu (2009)

by Kirsten Bramsen(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0375851682 (ISBN13: 9780375851681)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Random House Books for Young Readers

review 1: When a little girl gets a yellow tu-tu for her birthday, she is so excited! She decides to wear it on her head so she can look like the sun--and she wears it to school thinking everyone will love to see her sunshine-y face. But, of course, the children laugh at her and make fun. All except one, who happens to have a pink tu-tu and an imagination of her own.Parts of the story and illustrations were very cute. Then, some of the illustrations were just a bit too odd for my taste, the children looked a bit too wild about the eyes or something, I don't know. And overall the story just felt a bit too didactic. One thing I really did like is the fact that the mean kids didn't have some miraculous about face--the little girl finds one "kindred spirit" and they become friends... more. I think that is so much more realistic than the books that suddenly show all the bullies receiving a comeuppance or change of heart.
review 2: Margo absolutely loves her new, yellow, birthday tutu. It's bright and bold and beautiful, and Margo feels like sunshine when she wears it--especially when when she wears it on her head! The kids at school don't think she looks like the sun, though; they think she looks stupid with it on her head, and Margo is crushed. Thank goodness for her friend Pearl, who thinks Margo looks just like a sunflower. Share this colorful and fun book with your little dancers to remind them that creativity and friendship are things to celebrate. less

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