This is the sweetest book about a little girl who wants to be flower girl at her aunt's wedding but doesn't like to wear dresses. When she's asked to be in the wedding she's very excited until it's time to pick out a dress. She's not a dress kind of girl and decides she'd rather not be in the wedding than wear a dress. Her dad takes her out and she finds the right thing to wear and has a great time at the wedding. The is such a great book about acceptance and love and family.

Nicki is so excited to be a part of her aunts wedding, but gets discouraged when she her mom and aunt take her dress shopping. Eventually she is able to find another outfit, a nice suit, to wear instead.

As a former flower girl who hated dresses, this book connected with me. I love how kind and flexible her family was when she was able to choose her own style. I think any kid would enjoy this but especially kids who don’t like the strict confines of gender roles in childhood.

Flower Girl by Amy Bloom is such a special and important book. It's message is not complicated but clear and concise. It teaches healthy boundaries between children and parents / extended family, who listen and allow for the child's free expression. It deserves to be in libraries everywhere.

I absolutely loved this book! Flower Girl tells the story of Nicki who is so excited to be the flower girl at her aunts wedding, until she learns that she has to wear a dress. Books like this are so important for kids to get to see characters that are like them. I love how Nicki gets to be herself and gets to be the flower girl in the wedding. I also really enjoyed the illustrations and thought they went well with the story.

Nick is a little girl who's asked by her aunt to be the flower girl at her wedding and is very excited at first! Until it comes to shopping for flower girl dresses and then Nicki isn't so sure she wants to be a flower girl anymore.

This is a short and to the point story about being able to dress how you want, not necessarily how tradition or anyone else says you should. Books like these are so important for kids to know that just because things have been a certain way in the past doesn't mean that's how they have to stay.

I also loved the illustration style!

Thank you to NetGalley and Norton Young Readers for making this available in exchange for an honest review!