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Princess Sparkle-Heart Gets a Makeover

I like the story:  Amelia and her doll are best friends, and it lists all the many things they would do together, until the day of Princess Sparkle-Heart’s “accident;”  then it goes on to describe the process of putting the doll back together (adding stuffing, choosing new buttons for eyes, etc.) until in the end, she’s better than ever.  I like how the illustrations expand on the text to add dimension to the story:  through the illustrations we see the dog growling at all the things Amelia and her doll do together, we see the “accident” amounted to the dog chewing the doll to bits, and we see that when she’s put back together, she’s been transformed into something that scares the dog away.  But I still find the garishness of the illustrations a bit off-putting, which keeps it from getting a full recommendation.