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    Dressing Up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head | Book Spotlight

    Bianca SchulzeBy Bianca Schulze3 Mins Read Ages 4-8 Best Kids Stories Books with Girl Characters Picture Books
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    Book Spotlight in Sponsorship with Jeanne Walker Harvey of Dressing Up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head
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    Dressing Up the Stars: Book Cover

    Discover the true story of how a shy miner’s daughter became one of the most legendary costume designers in Hollywood in this inspiring nonfiction picture book biography.

    Together, the art and storytelling capture Head’s belief in the transformative magic of costumes, which will certainly strike a chord with dress-up enthusiasts.

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    Dressing Up the Stars: Book Cover

    Dressing Up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head

    Written by Jeanne Walker Harvey

    Illustrated by Diana Toledano

    Ages 3-8 | 40 Pages

    Publisher: Beach Lane Books | ISBN-13: 9781534451056

    Publisher’s Book Summary: Discover the true story of how a shy miner’s daughter became one of the most legendary costume designers in Hollywood in this inspiring nonfiction picture book biography.

    As a child in the small mining town of Searchlight, Nevada, Edith Head had few friends and spent most of her time dressing up her toys and pets and even wild animals using fabric scraps. She always knew she wanted to move somewhere full of people and excitement. She set her sights on Hollywood and talked her way into a job sketching costumes for a movie studio.

    Did she know how to draw or sew costumes? No. But that didn’t stop her!

    Dressing Up the Stars Illustration

    Edith taught herself and tirelessly worked her way up until she was dressing some of the biggest stars of the day, from Audrey Hepburn to Grace Kelly to Ginger Rogers. She became the first woman to head a major Hollywood movie studio costume department and went on to win eight Academy Awards for best costume design—and she defined the style of an era.

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    About the Author

    Jeanne Walker Harvey studied literature and psychology at Stanford University and has worn many job hats, ranging from being a roller coaster ride operator to an attorney, a middle school language arts teacher, and a long-time docent for school groups at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She is the author of several books for young readers, including the picture book biographies Dressing up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head, Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas, and Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines. Jeanne lives in Northern California.

    Visit her online at www.jeanneharvey.com.

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    About the Illustrator

    Diana Toledano is an illustrator, writer, and educator. She is also a Pisces who loves children’s books, patterns, and dancing her heart out. Originally from Spain, Diana (pronounced the Spanish way: dee-ah-na) grew up in Madrid where she studied art history and illustration. Now she lives in San Francisco with her husband and two fluffy cats. Her mixed media art seeks to capture the magic of the ordinary. Diana’s product designs, picture books, board books, and chapter books have been published and sold all over the world. Diana also teaches workshops for kids and adults. She enjoys doing school visits and speaking at conferences.

    Learn more at Diana-Toledano.com.

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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

    14 Comments

    1. gloria patterson on August 15, 2022 7:57 am

      this sounds like a fun book and a learning book zay would enjouy…………. heck I want to read it before I give it to her

    2. Gaye Mcgill on August 15, 2022 3:54 pm

      I have a great-grandson who has always enjoyed costuming and has said he’d love to be a costume designer when he grows up. (He also wants to be a pirate and an artist, but I’m sure he’ll work that all out.) I know he’d love this book!

    3. bn100 on August 15, 2022 5:57 pm

      looks fun

    4. Linda Gawthrop on August 15, 2022 6:08 pm

      I never knew her story and it sounds like a very inspirational one.

    5. Zetaret66 on August 15, 2022 7:54 pm

      🔥🔥🔥🙏

    6. Shay on August 16, 2022 6:07 am

      This sounds like a great book!

    7. Marion on August 17, 2022 12:01 pm

      My sister who is interested in fashion would love this book.
      Marion

    8. gloria patterson on August 17, 2022 3:18 pm

      This is nice way for kids to learn about some the different types of job adventures are out there…………… Zay would enjoy

    9. gloria patterson on August 18, 2022 3:55 pm

      this is a nice way for kids to learn about a future and how to work to get it.

    10. gloria patterson on August 19, 2022 3:58 pm

      a good learning book about picking a c=future

    11. Sunnymay on August 19, 2022 7:52 pm

      My granddaughter would appreciate this book as she loves to dress up and play with costumes. I like the colorful illustrations.

    12. Lori on August 20, 2022 11:45 am

      I have a bunch of readers at my school who’d be interested in this story!

    13. gloria patterson on August 21, 2022 1:50 pm

      this would be one of thos books that a little girl would keep and reread a lot

    14. gloria patterson on August 22, 2022 2:25 pm

      This really sounds like a good book would lead a child to learning about careers zay would like

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