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Legends from Mom's Closet
In Legends from Mom’s Closet, 10-year-old Sasha Olsen documents how she
spent a rainy summer indoors using her creativity and imagination. After
reading a stack of books about women like Frida Kahlo, Audrey Hepburn and
Billie Holiday, Sasha’s imagination ran wild and she ended up in her mom's
closet picking through her clothes and her grandmother’s vintage pieces to
dress up like all the female legends she had been reading about. Complete
with photos of the looks she created and tips for other young girls on how
they, too, can emulate these iconic women, Legends from Mom’s Closet will
inspire readers to delve into the lives of truly remarkable women from the past
to learn a thing or two about what it means to be legendary in today’s world.
spent a rainy summer indoors using her creativity and imagination. After
reading a stack of books about women like Frida Kahlo, Audrey Hepburn and
Billie Holiday, Sasha’s imagination ran wild and she ended up in her mom's
closet picking through her clothes and her grandmother’s vintage pieces to
dress up like all the female legends she had been reading about. Complete
with photos of the looks she created and tips for other young girls on how
they, too, can emulate these iconic women, Legends from Mom’s Closet will
inspire readers to delve into the lives of truly remarkable women from the past
to learn a thing or two about what it means to be legendary in today’s world.
120 pages, Hardcover
Published May 28, 2020
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September 16, 2020
Ten-year-old Sasha Olsen has met a lot of interesting people I books, and brought their worlds to life in clothes... and written about it all in Legends from my Mom’s Closet. As she quotes in the introductory pages, there is truly no reason ever to be bored, at least not if a child is willing to escape the screen and use their imagination.
The book, Legends from Mom’s Closet, is written in diary form, with a smooth natural voice and a fun point of view. It's brightly illustrated with vivid photographs too, of Sasha dressing to match the people she reads about--and for someone who doesn't want to read, she certainly ends up enjoying it. Soon she’s sharing all the things she’s learned, as well as sharing pictures, and readers can meet artist, Frida Kahlo, singer Billie Holiday, the famous Cleopatra and more.
Each tale/chapter ends with questions or suggestions for the reader. Consider those major issues of fame and power. Would you ever get tired of being yourself? Could you, like Twiggy, create a whole new look? Do you dare to be different like Marlene Dietrich? From Jackie Kennedy to Yayoi Kusama, from jazz to rock ’n roll… Legends from my Mom’s Closet is an enjoyable easy read, an impressively attractive book, and a book that introduces an author with great voice, great attitude, and great imagination. Enjoy.
Disclosure: I was given a free ecopy and I freely offer my honest review.
The book, Legends from Mom’s Closet, is written in diary form, with a smooth natural voice and a fun point of view. It's brightly illustrated with vivid photographs too, of Sasha dressing to match the people she reads about--and for someone who doesn't want to read, she certainly ends up enjoying it. Soon she’s sharing all the things she’s learned, as well as sharing pictures, and readers can meet artist, Frida Kahlo, singer Billie Holiday, the famous Cleopatra and more.
Each tale/chapter ends with questions or suggestions for the reader. Consider those major issues of fame and power. Would you ever get tired of being yourself? Could you, like Twiggy, create a whole new look? Do you dare to be different like Marlene Dietrich? From Jackie Kennedy to Yayoi Kusama, from jazz to rock ’n roll… Legends from my Mom’s Closet is an enjoyable easy read, an impressively attractive book, and a book that introduces an author with great voice, great attitude, and great imagination. Enjoy.
Disclosure: I was given a free ecopy and I freely offer my honest review.
May 21, 2020
What a fun approach for a visual learner. Knowing how influential women expressed their style may help girls remember more about them.
Sasha gives us a little introduction to each of ten famous women before she dives into her mom’s closet to try and recreate their look. With help from her sister, her mom, and her grandma, Sasha has fun playing up the influential women’s trademark styles and telling us something that made each of them famous.
The best part of this book was the adorable pictures of Sasha dressed as each of the women she introduced. She claims her favorite part of recreating each look was getting to play with make-up. At the end of her diary, she stresses the need to prevent fast fashion and utilize vintage pieces, since cast-off clothing contributes a lot of waste when it is only thrown into the trash.
Overall, I’d give this book 3 out of 5 stars. The photographs of Sasha in each inspired outfit, and then the separate photographs of the outfits for anyone who may want to search their own mom’s closet for the items to recreate were my favorite. The colored illustrations of each influential woman also added to the appeal. This book would be great for a child who is a visual learner and may inspire them to learn more about these female legends from history.
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Sasha gives us a little introduction to each of ten famous women before she dives into her mom’s closet to try and recreate their look. With help from her sister, her mom, and her grandma, Sasha has fun playing up the influential women’s trademark styles and telling us something that made each of them famous.
The best part of this book was the adorable pictures of Sasha dressed as each of the women she introduced. She claims her favorite part of recreating each look was getting to play with make-up. At the end of her diary, she stresses the need to prevent fast fashion and utilize vintage pieces, since cast-off clothing contributes a lot of waste when it is only thrown into the trash.
Overall, I’d give this book 3 out of 5 stars. The photographs of Sasha in each inspired outfit, and then the separate photographs of the outfits for anyone who may want to search their own mom’s closet for the items to recreate were my favorite. The colored illustrations of each influential woman also added to the appeal. This book would be great for a child who is a visual learner and may inspire them to learn more about these female legends from history.
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May 18, 2020
Ten-year-old Sasha Olsen, the author of this book, spent a lot of rainy summer days in Florida, where she lives, reading biographies. These books introduced her to 10 inspiring female legends. She got the idea to dress up in clothes borrowed from her mother's closet to represent each woman.
This fun book is an easy read, written in a diary format, and will be enjoyed by girls from about 6-12 years old. Lovely photographs show Sasha dressed up as each woman. She gives her readers tips on how to create each one of the women she read about.
This fun book is an easy read, written in a diary format, and will be enjoyed by girls from about 6-12 years old. Lovely photographs show Sasha dressed up as each woman. She gives her readers tips on how to create each one of the women she read about.
October 1, 2021
Middle school appropriate. I think this book has a lot of potential to spark students to recreate the book for themselves by trying their own looks. As a teacher, I can see a lot of possibilities for using the book to springboard into fun assignments. Cute, interesting, and inspirational.
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