Like so many little girls, Periwinkle has a favorite tutu that she love to wear, no matter what she’s doing.  One day while painting in it, she gets a big splot of paint on it.  She tries a variety of techniques to remove the spot, and a variety of ways to repurpose the tutu, but nothing works.  In the end she gets her paints back out and turns the splot into a flower, accompanied by a bunch more flowers.  I know that the topic is sure to attract little girl readers, and I really like the message it offers about turning mistakes into opportunities.  I wish the illustrations had more vibrancy to them — there’s something a bit drab about the color palette used.