This fun and humorous book is about a young girl named Jessie who is growing up and out of her clothes. Her family members get carried away naming the items they will buy for her, starting with shoes from her Grandpa. Each relative plans to buy Jessie a different article of clothing to go with the new shoes, like socks and a sweater, and builds on the item mentioned before. For example, "a skirt that won't show the dirt, to go with the socks from the local shops, to go with the shoes from Grandpa." At the end, the family discovers that no one has asked Jessie what she wants to wear. She politely requests a pair of jeans! The illustrations in this story are very playful and it was exciting to flip the page and see what item Jessie would be receiving next and what it would look like. As a reader, I enjoyed this cumulative rhyming tale that kept building and the supportive and fun-loving family portrayed in the story. This would definitely hit home for any student who has requested to dress themselves! As a teacher, this would be a great book to have students act out using the different clothing items that Jessie puts on in the story and beginning readers could follow along with the repeated words. Students could also draw a picture of Jessie and each of the clothing items mentioned, cut them out, and then use them while the story is being read aloud. In addition, students could draw or write about special items given to them by their family members.
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