The Hundred Dresses, Eleanor Estes
The Hundred Dresses, Eleanor Estes
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The Hundred Dresses

Author: Eleanor Estes

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/02/2008

Synopsis

Wanda Petronski is different from all the other girls in Room 13. Every day she wears the same faded blue dress to school, and every day she tells about her hundred dresses at home. Her classmates joke about her imaginary clothes - until they learn the wonderful secret of the dresses.

About Eleanor Estes

Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) grew up in West Haven, Connecticut, which she renamed Cranbury for her classic stories about the Moffat and Pye families. A children’s librarian for many years, she launched her writing career with the publication of The Moffats in 1941. Two of her outstanding books about the Moffats—Rufus M. and The Middle Moffat—were awarded Newbery Honors, as was her short novel The Hundred Dresses. She won the Newbery Medal for Ginger Pye.  

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Goodreads review by Hilary on January 20, 2021

A moving story with an important message and absolutely beautiful illustrations. Wanda is looked down upon at school, she only has one dress and her surname is seen as 'funny' by the rest of the children. She lives in a poor part of town with her dad and her brother. Wanda is bullied and the girls who......more

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