Crafty Chloe: Dress-Up Mess-Up

K-Gr 3—Crafty Chloe returns with her tape measure, scissors, fabric, and pom-poms for her second adventure. This time, she faces a costume dilemma. The Parade of Books, one of her favorite days, is next week. Chloe had planned to dress up as Frankenstein to match her buddy Leo's Dracula outfit. But her other friend, Emma, wants them both to dress up as Fairy Club fairies. After several failed attempts at designing the perfect getup, Chloe finally creates the ideal ensemble to please both of her pals-a roller-skating Frankenfairy mash-up, complete with pink cotton Bride-of-Frankenstein hair, fairy wings, and tutu. Readers can't help but be charmed by this spunky heroine's enthusiasm and her desire to please two friends with opposite tastes. Ross's spirited drawings, rendered in pencil and colored digitally, keep the action bouncing along. The use of varying perspectives and drawings of different sizes fits Chloe's creative nature. The last page includes a website for instructions on some of the costumes shown in the book (although most of them will need adult help).—Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT