Age: Preschool-Kindergarten

Edie comes to rely on the compliments she receives about her clothes. She becomes so desperate for recognition that she starts to create eccentric ensembles that I thought were pretty cool but elicited weird looks and, eventually, disregard. Stripped of her layers, she realizes that she was lost underneath them. It turns out that Edie's classmates have been kind and complimentary the whole time but not about Edie's clothes but her personality.

Perhaps this would be a good discussion book but it felt too didactic yet also confusing. Docking another star, I dislike computer generated illustrations for picture books, but that is more personal than anything.