I loved how Dominique was able to gather so many stories for each piece of clothing, such a unique way of storytelling! Where many feel embarrassed to thrift, Dominique felt proud and I love that.

I love the message promoted in Dominique's Thrifted Treasures. I was actually raised shopping in thrift stores and still do today. I not only shop there, but donate the clothes I no longer wear back to the stores. I could not have worked in Fortune 500 companies without having gotten my work clothes from thrift shops.

The unique part of Dominque’s story is that they want to know who wore their clothes first. Most kids don’t want to know that in case someone realizes they are wearing “used” clothing. Margarett McBride attempts to take away that stigma through Dominque’s experiences.

Illustrator Ryan Middaugh does a good job of taking us on a visual journal of Dominque’s travels. I would have preferred more pop to emphasize the experience especially since the reading level starts at six-years-old.

I like the overall idea and message of this story. Add this book to your education library.

Dominique's Thrifted Treasures is a rather simplistic look on community through the experience of one teenager wearing new-to-them thrifted clothes for the first time. The intended messages aren't translated well to the page, considering that I didn't notice anything queer about the characters or the fact that the author intended the story to be about a community raising a child, which was mentioned in a note from the author at the end of the book. It's a shame because there is so much to explore with these topics. The point about used clothes having a past life is familiar to me as someone who grew up wearing only hand-me-downs but the book doesn't explore the complexities of that. It reads like it's written for a specific child who is discontented about living in poverty. In addition, the illustrations weren't incorporated into the text on the page, and I don't think they represented the story well.

I love this book, and I love that we're finally seeing more books for kids that just casually have diverse people in them.

As a younger child, hand-me-downs were very much a grin and bear it thing, and it's really nice to see the idea of the stories and memories they contain being passed along as part of their character

I received an advance copy for free from NetGalley, on the expectation that I would provide an honest review.

Dominique isn't exactly thrilled to get hand-me-downs, even from her beloved Pawpaw. When their mother brings home an outfit from the local thrift store Dominique is disappointed in even more hand-me-downs. On a trip with her Pawpaw around the neighborhood, she soon discovers that the items have important memories that connect the wearers across time.

This was so good and so cute I am going to get a physical copy for my nieces and nephews. I highly recommend this book to everyone.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read an advanced copy of this book!

I'm a sucker for picture books, it is a fascinating part of the illustration and art fields that I'm in and it is always fun to see the process for it and also the finished product. When I read the synopsis before requesting it, I saw that there was a grandfather figure lovingly named pawpaw which is similar to how I called my grandad growing up.

This book felt a bit nostalgic to me as I often take my papa's old bowling league shirts whenever I visit family, and within the first few pages Pawpaw had showed Dominique his biker jacket. Another thing I loved was the nonbinary rep, and the connections to memory through physical items like clothes. Simply put, this is a beautiful story and I enjoyed the heck out of it.

I received a complimentary copy of this book via Netgalley. Opinions expressed in this review are my own.

As someone who loves thrifting, this book caught my eye right away. The story is beautiful, and now I wish I lived in a smaller town where I could learn the history of my favorite purchases.

As great as the book is, it's the information after the story that really brought a smile to my face. The wonderful talking and thinking section and the joy of thrifting.

Dominique is a nonbinary youth who receives a jacket from their grandfather at the beginning of the book. Dominique thanks their grandfather, but longs for something of their own that is not a hand me down. After a trip to the thrift store, Dominique's mother brings Dominique a plethora of items. Dominique dons their new-to-them clothing for an outing with their grandfather and meets the previous owners of the items throughout their community. This book is great with a feeling of belonging and socialization with the world around us. By the end of the book, I was ready to head to the thrift store myself!

This book is beautifully queer in that the main character uses they/them pronouns, but that isn’t a part of the story!

Dominique isn’t too wild about the idea of wearing other people’s clothes. They want new stuff, not their grandpa’s old jacket or clothes from the thrift store! But when they walk around the neighborhood in their new thrifted clothes, they end up getting to find out a little more about where each item came from.

This book went a different direction than I expected, and it was delightful. It starts with a tween who's not happy about hand-me-downs who discovers the memories associated with many of the items as the story goes along. The book is a lovely reminder that our memories are precious. Recommended.

I very much enjoyed this one! The main character was delightful, and I enjoyed watching their progression throughout the story and learning about their own style while integrating into their community simultaneously. I would have loved to have more background on a few of the things mentioned in passing, especially in the beginning about the family dynamic and such. Definitely potential for companion books there! Thanks for making this available for advanced review; I can't wait to purchase it and share it with my library patrons!

This is a lovely and timely book. It features a non-binary child and features bipoc characters within a caring community. The focus here is on self-expression but also memories and the value of memories. Dealing with handed down clothes and thrift store items that might be seen negatively as used and unwanted, the book instead reframes these as treasures with memories attached. Much needed for families where thrifting is a necessity and for those wanting to adopt a more sustainable and low impact lifestyle. The message is enhanced by fun writing and colourful illustration that really brings the characters to life.

A fun and engaging story about community, memories, connecting and caring for one another and ultimately finding one’s own style. Through the actual thrifted and handed down clothing but also the memories clothing can hold. Beautifully illustrated.

Dominique hates hand-me-down clothes starting from his brothers and then from his father. He wants own new clothes. The new memory about that. Oneday, her mom and dad just return from the thrift store. Dominique imagine wearing a strangers hand-me-down.

When I was a kid, im used to wear a hand-me-down clothes from others: from donation and thrift store. Its remind me back about all the memories. Until know, im still finding the clothes from the thrift store eventhough buyung for my kids too.

Memorable story and good to read.

The main focus that most see is even as the globe is trying to reduce to carbon footprint and reuse/recycle, thrifted clothing or second hand clothing still has a negative stigma. Books like this shows kids be proud of your style and you never know you may have some cool stories attached to your new things. I love that this book also covered topic about spending that quality time with your family and embrace everyone’s memories and always find way to create your own.
A very cute story that I will definitely be recommending to my friends with littles.

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚢.

Beautifully written and illustrated, Dominique's Thrifted Treasures reveals the threads that connect family and community through memories. Featuring a nonbinary protagonist and their warm relationship with their grandpa. A real beauty of a book. Think I'll gift this to my nonbinary nibling!

So much yes for this book! What a beautiful story to normalize queer youth, share the love of family, and connect to community.

Thrifting is so popular right now and the blend with storytelling is fantastic. This story is imaginative and creative. Tons of relatability for a variety of readers.

I absolutely loved this book! I was fully expecting it to be a typical children’s book for my sons, but it was so much more than that! This book brought me back to all the stories and memories behind all the clothes/items my late father used to tell me growing up. My father passed away a month ago, but reading this book made me feel all the emotions. I could feel the happiness, the love, community. It was the hug I so desperately needed.

My sons have been so into it! We have read it multiple times. They ask for it all the time. My sons have been so into donating and thrifting since we read this book. My five year old has asked if we can go thrift him an outfit like the ones in the book and asks if we can tell the stories behind each piece. This book has sparked so much curiosity in my boys about thrifting, donating and hearing stories that people have to share. We cannot wait to read more from this author.

Dominque's Thrifted Treasures is a wonderful depiction of how awesome it can be to thrift items. I developed a love of thrifting from my dad, just as Dominque did from their Paw-Paw.

I loved the author's notes at the end. Hopefully this little book can help a new generation discover thrifting as a way to reduce waste and express their personality.