The hundred dresses /
Estes, Eleanor, 1906-1988.
The hundred dresses / 100 dresses One hundred dresses Eleanor Estes ; illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. - New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 2004, c1944. - 80 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes letter from the authors daughter: Helena Estes.
"Wanda wears the same faded blue dress to school every day - yet she says she has one hundred beautiful dresses at home, "all lined up." The other girls don't believe it, and when Peggy starts a daily game of teasing Wanda about the hundred dresses, everyone joins in. Maddie, Peggy's best friend, goes along with the game, but she secretly wonders whether she can find the courage to speak up in Wanda's defense. It's not until Wanda fails to come to school one day that her classmates learn the truth about the hundred dresses - and Maddie and Peggy learn the meaning of kindness and generosity of spirit." --Back cover.
Reading level grade 3.8.
Newbery Honor Books, 1945.
9780152052607 (2004 Harcourt pbk.) 0156423502 (Voyager pbk. 1972)
Polish Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Clothing and dress--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--Juvenile fiction.
Teasing--Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Connecticut--Juvenile fiction.
Forgiveness--Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
Connecticut--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
The hundred dresses / 100 dresses One hundred dresses Eleanor Estes ; illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. - New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 2004, c1944. - 80 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes letter from the author
"Wanda wears the same faded blue dress to school every day - yet she says she has one hundred beautiful dresses at home, "all lined up." The other girls don't believe it, and when Peggy starts a daily game of teasing Wanda about the hundred dresses, everyone joins in. Maddie, Peggy's best friend, goes along with the game, but she secretly wonders whether she can find the courage to speak up in Wanda's defense. It's not until Wanda fails to come to school one day that her classmates learn the truth about the hundred dresses - and Maddie and Peggy learn the meaning of kindness and generosity of spirit." --Back cover.
Reading level grade 3.8.
Newbery Honor Books, 1945.
9780152052607 (2004 Harcourt pbk.) 0156423502 (Voyager pbk. 1972)
Polish Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Clothing and dress--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--Juvenile fiction.
Teasing--Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.
Schools--Connecticut--Juvenile fiction.
Forgiveness--Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
Connecticut--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.