Suki decides to wear her favourite possession, a blue cottom kimono which she received from her grandmother, on the first day of school. Despite snickers from her sisters and classmates, she is proud of and pleased with her outfit. When Suki tells her class about the Japaanese street festival she attended in the summer, the hecklers change their tune. Jorisch's watercolour creations capture the spirit and spunk of the free-thinking main character.