The Hundred Dresses
Paperback, 80 pages, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, List Price: $7 | purchase
Book Summary
In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson, in a story which includes a note from the author's daughter, Helena Estes.
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The Hundred Dresses, a children's classic written in 1944 by Eleanor Estes, is about Wanda Petronski, a Polish schoolgirl whose classmates tease her for wearing tattered clothes. The story was inspired by a little girl Estes remembered from her own childhood who was picked on by other kids. Over six decades, The Hundred Dresses has touched millions of kids with its poignant tale of bullies and bystanders.
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