A squid wants to dress in the latest fashion—if only he could find some clothes—in this hilarious Level 1 Ready-to-Read from Theodore Geisel Honor–winning author-illustrator Kaz Windness! Two shoes. FLIP-FLOP! One shirt. Tank top! Nice pants. Kid gone? Squid puts clothes on! When a fashion-seeking squid spies some abandoned clothing on a boat, he feels his time has come at last! He takes the clothes to try on, but when their owner returns, a deal must be struck! The buoyant text relies on one-syllable words and a poetic use of rhythm, rhyme, and repetition in phrases and short sentences that have a Seussian cadence. -- Horn Book Review ― July/August 2025 Colorful, sea-tinted pages and free-floating compositions pack a lot of action onto each page, along with surprising rhymes rocking in a four-beat wave-rhythm. Fun to read aloud, this graphic novel will inspire beginners to plunge into reading on their own. -- Kirkus ― 3/15/25 Through the book’s blend of humor and expressive illustrations, young readers will enjoy the antics of these playful ocean creatures. Short rhyming phrases contribute to the book’s easy-to-follow flow, creating a catchy rhythm. Vocabulary is simple throughout and provides great opportunities to practice consonant digraphs. -- School Library Journal ― March 1, 2025 Kaz Windness is the author-illustrator of picture books Swim, Jim! ; Bitsy Bat, Team Star ; and Bitsy Bat, School Star , which received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews , School Library Journal , and BookPage . She created the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Level 1 Ready-to-Read Graphics book Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends , which received a starred review and is a Junior Library Guild selection, and the Level 1 Ready-to-Reads Cat vs. Vac and Go! Go! Dino! . Kaz is also the illustrator of Ollie, the Acorn, and the Mighty Idea by Andrew Hacket and the author of When You Love a Book , illustrated by Heather Brockman Lee. When she’s not writing or illustrating books, Kaz mentors children’s book authors and artists at The Cuddlefish Academy and enjoys making deep-dish pizza. Kaz lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband, two children, and Boston terrier. Visit her at WindnessBooks.com.