The Newbery Honor-winning book about prejudice and understanding is now available in this restored edition that recaptures the vivid artwork of Slobodkin. Includes a letter to readers from the author's daughter that relates the true story behind the book.
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Gr 3-6-Friendship, peer pressure, regret, and courage are all issues that are integral to this Newbery Honor book by Eleanor Estes (Harcourt, 1944). Wanda Petronski tells classmates she has a hundred dresses of all varieties in her closet at home. So why does she always wear the same old worn dress to school? The teasing that follows seems harmless, but it's not. This book explores the hurt that comes from thoughtless words, and offers a painful, but heart-warming lesson in forgiveness. Christina Moore reads the unabridged story with warmth and expression. The author's carefully chosen words stand on their own without the distraction of sound effects or music. This is a well-done production of an exceptional book that has earned its place as a childhood classic.-Teresa Bateman, Brigadoon Elementary School, Federal Way, WA Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
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The Hundred Dresses is a story about school children teasing a poor little Polish girl. They tease her for her strange name and that she wears the same dress every day. The little girl boasts that she has a hundred dresses at home. How can this be true? But she does have one hundred dresses: drawn dresses of all different colours and patterns which the other children discover when she submits them for a design competition at school. Some the children seek to make friends and ask forgiveness. Not preachy at all, this book is a beautiful way to communicate how much words can hurt. I think a wonderful book to share with your daughter/s. www.bookstoread.co.nz
This is a great book! I loved reading it! It was a pretty easy book to read and had great illustrations and lots of them! It was a wonderful book and would be just great to read aloud! It had happy and sad parts in the book and was very exciting and I am sure young girls would just love it! I hope you like it too!
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