Jamela gets in trouble when she takes the material intended for a new dress for Mama, parades it in the street, and allows it to become dirty and ...
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Jul 09, 2008
Connie
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Jamela (who must be about the age of five) set herself to the task of watching her mother's fabric for her new party dress.
Buuuuut... well... she got a little carried away taking it to show everybody. And the fabric is ruined. There's a bit of a contrived happy ending, though I guess children mightn't realize it.
I love how realistically Jamela is portrayed. Volunteering to keep the fabric safe and the forgetting is *exactly* how children act. And I like that "Even Ja More...
Buuuuut... well... she got a little carried away taking it to show everybody. And the fabric is ruined. There's a bit of a contrived happy ending, though I guess children mightn't realize it.
I love how realistically Jamela is portrayed. Volunteering to keep the fabric safe and the forgetting is *exactly* how children act. And I like that "Even Ja More...
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Oct 18, 2009
Stacy
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Mama worked hard to earn money and spent it carefully on fabric for a new dress to wear to her friend's wedding. Jamela promised to take good care of it while it was drying on the line, but somehow daydreaming of being Kwela Jamela African Queen got the better of her, and the fabric was ruined. Everyone, including Jamela, was upset with Jamela, but a knight in shining armor, in the form of a prize-winning photographer, appeared to provide Mama (and Jamela) with a second chance.
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May 20, 2010
Wendi
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Jamela's Dress follows a young girl, Jamela, in a small South African town. Her mother buys fabric to make a dress for Jamela's sister's wedding. The book artfully follows Jamela while she is "watching" the fabric for her mother. The artwork is very complementary to the text; the expressionist style reflects the energy of the story. Niki Daly uses the fabric and people to lead you from one page to the next. The story is a fairly universal one that young American children could easily r
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May 23, 2010
Ariana
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Jamela's dress is an adorable story that follows an African girl as she wears her mother's expensive fabric and parades throughout the town. The artwork is fairly realistic and lends a style to the book that flows from page to page. The incorporation of background images and settings tells the reader that this book is indeed taking place in a foreign country, and there are words from the African language translated in portions of the book. Despite the obvious African setting, this is a univer
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May 31, 2008
Claudia
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(CIP) Jamela gets in trouble when she takes the expensive material intended for a new dress for Mama, parades it in the street, and allows it to become dirty and torn.
(Claudia) When Jamela, lost in her imagination, parades down the street in the expensive fabric her mother bought to make into a special dress, the fabric becomes hopelessly soiled. Everyone is upset with Jamela, including Jamela herself, until a prize-winning photo saves the day. As in Daly’s other Jamela books, More...
(Claudia) When Jamela, lost in her imagination, parades down the street in the expensive fabric her mother bought to make into a special dress, the fabric becomes hopelessly soiled. Everyone is upset with Jamela, including Jamela herself, until a prize-winning photo saves the day. As in Daly’s other Jamela books, More...
Oct 18, 2009
Tamara the Librarian
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Mar 21, 2009
Jack Kirby and the X-man
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This is a story of Jamela and her mum preparing for Thelma's wedding. There is, as with any wedding, dramas involving a dress (in this case it was Mama's dress).
The story is wonderfully illustrated with a fantastic sense of location. The illustrations, names and jargon reminded me of my visit to the townships of Cape Town. The sense I got there, and reminded in this book, is a sense of joy, in what seems to us to be grinding poverty. For reference the 1000 rand prize - 'Jamel More...
The story is wonderfully illustrated with a fantastic sense of location. The illustrations, names and jargon reminded me of my visit to the townships of Cape Town. The sense I got there, and reminded in this book, is a sense of joy, in what seems to us to be grinding poverty. For reference the 1000 rand prize - 'Jamel More...
Apr 19, 2010
Miriam
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A mothers love is unconditional! This is a lovely story of a little girl who ruins her mom's new dress cloth by prading around with in in the dirty streets. Even though her mom is really mad about what she did she shows her that she still loves her. This is a great book to read aloud and ask many test to self questions.
Jun 24, 2010
Laura
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The plot revolves around a little girl who accidentally ruins her mother's special fabric, which kids will recognize as a good girl who did something bad but isn't bad herself. Demonstrates that if a mistake can be fixed, then sometimes it turns out even better than if there was no accident at all.
Feb 05, 2009
Andrea
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Jamela is a clever, spirited little girl who happens to live in South Africa. When she falls in love with her mother's new dress fabric, trouble ensues. My daughter and I loved Jamela, and Daly's pictures and text present Africa in a positve and realistic way.
Aug 14, 2008
Tim
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Another great story with the character Jamela. Since the author Niki Daly grew up in Africa he vividly adds in details to this story to give the story and authentic appeal. I think that is the joy of sharing international literature because students can enter a world unlike the ones they live in. In the story, Jamela walks through the street with the fabric that is supposed to be used for her mother's dress. The children sing "Kwela Jamela African Queen". This book contains an aut
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Apr 21, 2010
Melissa Nastja
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Cute book about a little girl who falls in love with her mothers fabric. She puts it on and walks around the street as she imagines being a queen. Adorable book! Great for imagination!
Aug 02, 2010
Story of a little girl who ruins her mother's fabric. She gets money and buys her mother more fabric.
Nov 22, 2007
JustOneMoreBook.com
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Gorgeously expressive illustrations capture the small pleasures of a dreamy preschooler, the chaos of failed judgments and the matchless relief of reconnection in this longtime family favourite.
Listen to our chat about Jamela's Dress on our JustOneMoreBook.com Children's Book Podcast:
http://www.justonemorebook.com/2007/11/2...
Listen to our chat about Jamela's Dress on our JustOneMoreBook.com Children's Book Podcast:
http://www.justonemorebook.com/2007/11/2...
Aug 14, 2008
Andrea
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The illustrations were very vivid in the story "Jamela's Dress". It would be easy for students to get a good picture of what it would look like in Africa. Students could compare how the people of this country get ready for a wedding with how people in America do the same.
Jan 09, 2012
Jamela loves the fabric her mother bought to make a dress and wears it all over town, getting her picture taken and ruining the fabric… uh-oh.
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