{"id":13213,"date":"2017-10-31T14:35:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T04:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/?p=13213"},"modified":"2020-11-16T09:29:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T23:29:19","slug":"magic-dress-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/magic-dress-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"The Magic in Dress-Ups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/t.dgm-au.com\/c\/225645\/69171\/1880?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booktopia.com.au%2Fthe-magic-in-dress-ups-chrissy-byers%2Fprod9780994364821.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Magic-in-dress-ups.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Magic-in-dress-ups.jpg 600w, https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Magic-in-dress-ups-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Chrissy Byers,<em> \u00a0The Magic in Dress-Ups , \u00a0<\/em>Books by Chrissy Byers, \u00a01 Sept 2017, \u00a024pp., \u00a0$24.95 (hbk), \u00a0<strong>ISBN:<\/strong>\u00a09780994364821<\/h3>\n<p>In an increasingly sedentary and screen-based world, <em>The Magic of Dress-Ups<\/em> offers a refreshing opportunity for parents, carers and early years\u2019 educators to explore the simple joys of scissors, cards and glue with the young children in their charge. Written as a poetic recount, this book, the follow on from <a href=\"https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/the-magic-in-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Magic in Boxes<\/em><\/a>, aims to inspire imaginative and creative play, by offering ideas and challenges rather than a story to re-enact.<\/p>\n<p>The two little girls in this story use everyday craft materials to transform themselves into fairies, cats and mermaids. After constructing their costumes, the girls engage with imaginary play, the creative mixed media accurately portraying the way their imaginations help them to create very real worlds full of magic and fun.<\/p>\n<p>Chrissy shares that the book was inspired by her observations of two real little girls playing, and their creative choices. She says, \u201c<em>If the girls had chosen to be frogs, pilots and chickens (instead of fairies, cats and mermaids), then that\u2019s what would have been in the book.<\/em>\u201d The story ends with a blunt challenge \u2013 &#8220;<em>Scissors, card and some glue \u2013 what can YOU do?<\/em>&#8221; which Chrissy hopes will invite further creativity and new adventures in imagination and play for young readers.<\/p>\n<p>This book, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/the-magic-in-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Magic in Boxes<\/em><\/a>, is essential for every Early Childhood educator\u2019s collection, for school and public libraries and would make the perfect gift for a young child. It is the type of book that could be shared countless times as a precursor to craft and creation, and an antidote for a technology-infused world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ehgcciUj0yc&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A book trailer for <em>The Magic of Dress-Ups<\/em>\u00a0is available on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrissybyers.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keep up to date with Chrissy Byers\u2019 work through her blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Reviewed by Kay Oddone<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/t.dgm-au.com\/c\/225645\/69171\/1880?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booktopia.com.au%2Fthe-magic-in-dress-ups-chrissy-byers%2Fprod9780994364821.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12598 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/readingtime.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/buy-from-logo-300x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chrissy Byers, \u00a0The Magic in Dress-Ups , \u00a0Books by Chrissy Byers, \u00a01 Sept 2017, \u00a024pp., \u00a0$24.95 (hbk), \u00a0ISBN:\u00a09780994364821 In an increasingly sedentary and screen-based world, The Magic of Dress-Ups offers a refreshing opportunity for parents, carers and early years\u2019 educators to explore the simple joys of scissors, cards and glue with the young children in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[1035,455,169,1378,1385,207,121,1083,1304],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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