Mila is a little girl who loves pretty dresses, but she also isn’t afraid to get messy! She loves running around in the muddy yard with her brother, but when she rips her favorite sparkly pink dress, what is Mila to do? Dresses and Dirt teaches little girls that it is alright to get messy and make mistakes, because we can always learn and grow...and get a little help from our moms. About the Author Autumn Mixsooke is an Indigenous woman of the Mille Lacs band of Ojibwe tribe. She loves to hike, do beadwork, write, garden, and burn wood art, but she loves spending time with her husband and children, Mila and Levi, most of all. She lives her life by the motto “Do what makes you happy and do it often.” Autumn and her family reside in Minnesota.