

The Queen of France
Spring 2011 Picture BooksRose has a basket full of costumes and the imagination to put them to good use. So, when she wakes up feeling royal, she knows just what to do. Author Tim Wadham captures a young child’s excitement to try on new identities through their dress-up play, and their insistence on being addressed in character. Parents will relate to how Rose’s mother and father take her accessorizing and her changeable identity in stride with affection and amusement. Kady MacDonald Denton’s watercolor and ink illustrations are funny and sweet, and the dress-up basket contents will be familiar to parents and children.