Follow Afiya as she explores her world in her white dress. Every day it collects the images and wonder of her adventures and then it is white and ready to start the next day. The story is lyrical and the illustrations are absolutely beautiful. A lovely read.

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This story about Afiya focuses on her dress and the many ways it changes by the things she does. The plain white dress becomes more colorful as her memories are saved there. The pictures are bright and colorful, but the text is simple. It is a good story.

I love the concept of this book - Afiya has a beautiful white dress that picks up patterns and images from her day’s travels. At night, she hangs the dress and by morning, it is clean for her new adventures. The art and language are lovely.
The kindle version of the book is not user-friendly. It opens in reverse and one spread appears before the title pages. I think the beginning pages are out of order. One of the later spreads is also so enlarged that most of the text is hidden.
I think a hard copy version of this book would rate 5 stars. The kindle version is frustrating, especially because it’s an obviously beautiful book and I know I would enjoy it otherwise. I’m grateful for the ARC and hope they correct the kindle version for publication.

Thank you to the publisher for the ARC.

I loved the illustrations in this picture book. They were so vibrant and nice. The story seemed to involve a little magical realism which was a nice change from most picture books.

This book had so much potential. I really enjoyed the drawings. I do like the intended purpose of the book, showing how Afiya's dress captures her memories... but I don't think that really came through. It captures a moment of the day, but she washes it off every night to start each day anew... I think that would have been a better "theme" than the one that was attempted.

Such a great book--filled with figurative language that allows readers to visualize Afiya---superb illustrations!
Perfect book to use in the classroom when teaching imagery and theme....

The art seemed like watercolor paintings vivid and beautiful. Afiya has beautiful skin and bantu knots in her hair. She wears a white dress that picks up a little bit of everything she encounters from tigers to leaves. A beautiful story. The book opens in reverse on the Kindle app so be sure to start on the last page and read it in reverse.

Thank you netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Creative and beautifully crafted. Afiya discovers her natural surroundings while picking up traces of her adventure on her dress. Colorful pictures and lyrical prose.

This is a spectacularly beautiful picture book about a little girl whose white dress picks up the colors and patterns of whatever she does for the day, and then magically becomes white again for the next day's adventures. The art is stunning and the mood is magical. My one small issue with it is that it's confusing where Afiya lives. At the start of the book we see palm trees what looks like a desert, yet later on there is snow outside and leaves are falling. Even the look of her home is radically different at times and there's no mention of moving. I originally thought that it took place in Africa (a note at the start tells us that her name means health in Swahili and early scenes look like a more African landscape), but then towards the end her living room looks like a typical American home and there appears to be snow covered hills out the window. Kids may not notice this or care, but it was a bit distracting for me. That said, it's an absolutely beautiful book and one I'd highly recommend.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.