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Sylvia Jean, Drama Queen, 2005 is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst and published by Dutton's Children's Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.

Plot summary
Sylvia Jean is a drama queen, wearing a costume wherever she goes. She dresses as a superhero to the dentist to inspire bravery. Promoting grace and elegance, she dresses as a swan to ballet class. A bee in her mother's garden and a nurse when her father gets sick, Sylvia Jean has a new outfit for every occasion. When Sylvia Jean spots a sign for a costume party at her local grocery store, she is instantly ecstatic. And the rest of her community knows that she is a shoo-in. The next morning, Sylvia Jean, dressed as a historian, heads to the library in search of the perfect costume idea. But days later without an idea, she starts feeling nervous. Sylvia Jean locks herself in her bedroom, refusing to come out without the perfect costume idea. After days of deliberation, on Saturday night, she leaves her bedroom with the perfect costume. The participants of the costume party look around for their drama queen, but can not find her anywhere. Suddenly, a quiet and unrecognizable Sylvia Jean speaks up. She is dressed in the most ordinary outfit that she has ever worn and it wins her the costume contest. The prize is a year's supply of costumes, but Sylvia Jean says, "I think I might wear this costume for a while," referring to her plain clothes.