cover image Rosie Flo's Garden Coloring Book

Rosie Flo's Garden Coloring Book

Roz Streeten. Chronicle Books, $8.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-8118-6618-7

Resembling the wardrobe for a paper doll collection, the line drawings in these three books are of dressesdresses paired with shoes or crowns; dresses shown alongside a table bearing petits fours. Just add heads, legs, and arms read the covers of these small-format paperbacks; most readers will also want to fill in the scenery, write dialogue balloons and, especially, get to work coloring in those fantastically patterned frocks. ""Animals"" and ""Garden"" do not, as their titles might suggest, change the subject: animals inspire the gowns in ""Animals"" (e.g., a pair of giraffe-patterned thigh-high boots complements a giraffe-patterned tunic and purse); as seen in ""Garden"", a floor-length skirt with a cactus texture could come in handy on a crowded school bus or subway. Ages 8up. ""(Mar.)"" .