The Prince and the Dressmaker

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Show, Don't Tell: Peter and Princess Juliana go on how everybody's taking cues from Lady Crystallia's fashion choices, but there's only one scene showing an unnamed woman wearing a dress similar to Frances' designs. Birthday Beginning: The book opens with invitations being sent out and ladies commissioning dresses made for the ball celebrating Sebastian's sixteenth birthday.

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a b Mozzocco, J. Caleb (March 28, 2018). "Review: 'The Prince and the Dressmaker' ". School Library Journal. Archived from the original on April 3, 2018 . Retrieved January 23, 2020. I also thought Sebastian’s relationship growth with Frances was so sweet. They helped each other grow and express themselves creatively. They supported each other and loved each other even through the rough patches. They’re young, they’re kids, and kids make mistakes. However, Wang portrayed them with great maturity and strength through every hardship they faced. Overall Thoughts – Fashion Statement: In an interview with Forbes, author Jen Wang said, “I’d been wanting for a while to do a story about a character whose superpower is making clothes that transform the wearer.” Fashion plays a central role in The Prince and the Dressmaker.Ask students to draw a three columned chart, labelling the columns: Fashion, Helpful, Harmful.Watch Kaustav Dey talk about how fashion is a form of expression. Rewatch, giving students time to fill in explanations of how fashion from the talk was helpful to the wearer as well as times it was hurtful. Discuss how reactions to fashion change depending on context (who, when, where, why, or how the fashion was worn). Then, have them add items from the book, and finally, examples from their lives. For example, when a uniform, a band t-shirt, or a bathing suit may be helpful or harmful to wear in different contexts.Some days I look at myself in the mirror and think, 'That's me, Prince Sebastian! I wear boy clothes and look like my father.' Other days it doesn't feel right at all. Those days I feel like I'm actually... a princess." I'm not exaggerating when I say books like this really do restore a little of my faith in humanity. It's a really cute story but, as a person who generally prefers "tense" and "gritty" over "cute" reads, it's not too saccharine as to be unbearable. This is a good graphic novel for readers who enjoy the occasional fun read like Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda or My Lady Jane.

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Small Role, Big Impact: Lady Sophia, the teenage girl who messes up her ballgown and gets a new one at the last minute, alerts Prince Sebastian to Frances's talent. Earn Your Happy Ending: Frances finally gets the credit and recognition for her designs, the King and Queen give their blessing for Sebastian and her to pursue a relationship despite the class differences, as well as for Sebastian to keep wearing dresses without being in the closet, and they have changed Parisian society for the better.A playful tie-in to the idea that what we wear matters, even if we are a ghost. Poets.org provides an accompanying lesson plan with images of fashion throughout history. https://poets.org/lesson-plan/teach-poem-ghosts-and-fashion-elaine-equi My daughters and I enjoyed Jen Wang's Stargazing, so my sister very kindly sent a copy of the same author's The Prince and the Dressmaker for my middle child's birthday.