The Hundred Dresses
Estes, Eleanor
Slobodkin, Louis (ILT)
School and Library
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A restored edition of a classic, award-winning book about prejudice and understanding.
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Never out of print since its 1944 publication, this tender story offers readers of all ages a timeless message of compassion and understanding. At its heart is Wanda Petronski, an immigrant girl in an American school, who is ridiculed for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. When she tells her classmates that she has one hundred dresses at home, she unwittingly triggers a game of teasing that eventually ends in a lesson for all.
In restoring the reproduction of Louis Slobodkin's artwork, this new edition recaptures the original vivid color. And to celebrate the book's enhanced beauty, Helena Estes, the daughter of the author, has written a new letter to readers about the true story behind The Hundred Dresses.
AUTHOR BIO
ELEANOR ESTES (1906-1988), a children's librarian for many years, launched her writing career with the publication of The Moffats in 1941. Two of her books about the Moffats are Newbery Honor Books, as is The Hundred Dresses. She won the Newbery Medal for Ginger Pye in 1952.
LOUIS SLOBODKIN (1903-1975) illustrated more than ninety books for children, many of which he also wrote. Among his most enduring illustrations are those for the Moffats series by Eleanor Estes, and those for James Thurber's Many Moons, for which Slobodkin received the 1944 Caldecott Medal.
HELENA ESTES, the daughter of the author, is a children's librarian and a former bookseller. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0152051708
ISBN(13-digit): 9780152051709
Copyright: 2004
Dewey Decimal: [Fic]
Library of Congress: 2003057037
Book Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language: ENG
Binding: Sewn
No. of Pages: 80
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