The Hundred Dresses

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Paperback
Author: Eleanor Estes
Illustrator: Louis Slobodkin
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co
Publish Date: September 2004
Language: English
Reading Level: 5.4
EAN: 9780152052607

Overview

This Newbery Honor classic, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, is a beautifully written tribute to the power of kindness, acceptance, and standing up for what’s right.

Wanda Petronski is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. She claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn’t. When Wanda is pulled out of school one day, the class feels terrible, and classmate Maddie decides that she is “never going to stand by and say nothing again.”

A timeless, gentle tale about bullies, bystanders, and having the courage to speak up.

Details

Pages: 80
Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.5 x 0.5 in
Lexile Score: 870
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 1
ISBN: 0152052607

Awards

1945 Newbery Medal - Honor Book (Children's)