Mad About Plaid, written by Jill McElmurry, reviewed by Judy Hauser

Summary: This fun and silly book will be popular with children. A girl finds a plaid purse in the park and once she touches the purse everything on her and around her starts turning plaid. It is a cute, funny premise. The girl goes home and her mom, a nurse, tries to fix the problem but nothing helps. She turns the plaid purse inside out and touches the blue lining which then turns everything on her and around her blue. The illustrations are great (the author also illustrated the Little Blue Truck series). The humorous story and illustrations will bring joy to children. The ending of the story is a good one and will assure children that all is well! 

Straight Talk for Librarians: This is a fun, silly book. I like that the mom is a nurse and tries to fix the plaid problem. She cannot fix it. The illustrations are great because of so much plaid and then so much blue. Children will enjoy the antics and action in the story and, of course, the humor.