The four little girls from Shoe-la-la! (2011) let their imaginations go wild again as they go from playing dress-up in the attic to perusing the racks at Chez Chapeaux, a street fair hat vendor. In lively, bouncing rhymes, Beaumont describes the flurry of caps the girls try on: Hats with flowers. / Hats with shells. / Hats with feathers. / Hats with bells. Some hats are elaborately pretty, while others inspire flights of fancy. When it comes time to choose, the four girls pick fairly simple hats, but they don't stay that way. Using knickknacks and craft supplies, they pile on whimsical decorations, and when they're done, they present their fabulous new toppers to their moms, for a special mother-daughter tea party. Pham's loopy, animated artwork beautifully captures the bubbly atmosphere, snazzy hats, and kinetic gestures and expressions of the characters. Little ones who love playing dress-up will be drawn in by the glittery cover, and the energetic tale within will keep them hooked until the sweet conclusion. Perfect for fans of Jane O'Connor's Fancy Nancy books.--Pino, Kristina Copyright 2016 Booklist

The shoe-obsessed foursome of Shoe-la-la! (2011) is back, but this time millinery extravagance is the rage. The irrepressible little girls storm a street-fair boutiqueChez Chapeaux. Beaumont's simple, snappy rhymes tap-dance the girls from turbans to top hats with nary a stumble. Unlike the frazzled clerk in the girls' first adventure, the boutique's brown-skinned salesclerk joins in the revelry with joyful alacrity. Feathers, fruit, flowersnothing is too glitzy for the four fashionistas-in-training. "Ribbons, buttons / beads, and bows. / Gems and jewelswe all like those." After the friends finally decide on some rather plain head gear, they race home to their attic workshop. In the blink of an eye, Scotch tape, paint, and sparkly craft supplies provide the needed pizzazz for their haute couture masterpieces. Frou-Frou, a beribboned little terrier, delivers fancy invitations to the clueless moms, who have been shouting up to their daughters, "Emily, Ashley, Kaitlyn, Claire! / What is going on up there?" Stepping into the backyard, the surprised parents find they are the guests of honor at a trs chic mother-daughter tea party. Pham's digitally colored, Japanese brush pen illustrations expertly capture the quicksilver flashes of grins, eye-rolls, and haughty runway ennui. Dress-up magic sparkles all over this too-cute multiethnic quartet. Beaumont and Pham have proven once again that childhood fun romps across all societal biases with aplomb. (Picture book. 4-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

The glamorous foursome from Shoe-la-la! visits a local street-fair vendor, Chez Chapeaux, to buy hats for a surprise event they've planned: a mother-daughter tea party. Beaumont's rhyming text is bubbly and zippy ("Ribbons, buttons, beads, and bows / Gems and jewels...we all like those"), and Pham's Japanese-brush-pen illustrations, digitally colored in rich jewel tones, are just as energetic. (c) Copyright 2018. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.