Dress up and Let's Have a Party

John is wearing his mother's pots and pans while she bakes a cake, and he decides this is the perfect occasion for a party. He invites his friends, and one by one they arrive in costumes made entirely from whatever they can find — a cardboard carton, a ball of string, an empty soap box. First published in 1956 and Remy Charlip's debut as author-illustrator, Dress Up and Let's Have a Party is a book of pure joy. Charlip went on to become a founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and one of the most beloved figures in American children's literature. This is where it started, and it is as fresh and inviting as it must have been the day it arrived.