An edition of The Hundred Dresses (1944)

The Hundred Dresses

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An edition of The Hundred Dresses (1944)

The Hundred Dresses

  • 4.08 ·
  • 24 Ratings
  • 217 Want to read
  • 10 Currently reading
  • 40 Have read

Wanda wore the same faded blue dress to school every day. It was always clean but sometimes it looked as though it had been washed and never ironed. Peggy started the game of the dresses when suddenly one day Wanda said, "I have a hundred dresses at home — all lined up in my closet." After that it was fun to stop Wanda on the way to school and ask, "How many dresses did you say you have?" "A hundred," she would answer. Then everyone laughed and Wanda's lips would tight- en as she walked off with one shoulder hunched up in a way none of the girls understood. Wanda did have the hundred dresses, and this is the story of how Peggy and Maddie came to under- stand about them and about what their game had meant to Wanda.

This tender and lovely story is illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, winner of the Caldecott Medal for 1944. His illustrations in full color brilliantly convey the feeling and the overtones of the story.
--front flap

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
81

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Edition Availability
Cover of: 一百条裙子
一百条裙子: The Hundred Dresses
2016-09-22, Xin lei chu ban she
Paperback in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: 一百条裙子
一百条裙子: The Hundred Dresses
2016-04-09, Xin lei chu ban she
Paperback in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: 一百条裙子
一百条裙子
2012-11-28, Xin lei chu ban she
Paperback in Chinese
Cover of: The Hundred Dresses
The Hundred Dresses
2004, Harcourt
paperback in English
Cover of: Los Cien Vestidos
Los Cien Vestidos
1994, Lectorum Publications
Library Binding in Spanish
Cover of: The Hundred Dresses
The Hundred Dresses
1973, Scholastic
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Hundred Dresses
The Hundred Dresses
1973, Scholastic Book Services
paperback in English - TW 2272
Cover of: The Hundred Dresses
The Hundred Dresses
1973, Voyager Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Hundred Dresses
The Hundred Dresses
1973, Harcourt Brace & Company
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Hundred Dresses
The Hundred Dresses
1944, Harcourt, Brace & World
Hardcover in English

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Book Details


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San Diego

First Sentence

"TODAY, Monday, Wanda Petronski was not in her seat."

Edition Notes

Newbery Honor Book.

Genre
Juvenile fiction.
Copyright Date
1972

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ7.E749Hul0

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
80 p. :
Number of pages
81

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17604322M
Internet Archive
hundreddresses00elea_0
ISBN 10
0152373748
ISBN 13
9780152373740
LCCN
73012940
Library Thing
1770
Goodreads
57396310

Work Description

Wanda wore the same faded blue dress to school every day. It was always clean but sometimes it looked as though it had been washed and never ironed. Peggy started the game of the dresses when suddenly one day Wanda said, "I have a hundred dresses at home — all lined up in my closet." After that it was fun to stop Wanda on the way to school and ask, "How many dresses did you say you have?" "A hundred," she would answer. Then everyone laughed and Wanda's lips would tight- en as she walked off with one shoulder hunched up in a way none of the girls understood. Wanda did have the hundred dresses, and this is the story of how Peggy and Maddie came to under- stand about them and about what their game had meant to Wanda.

This tender and lovely story is illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, winner of the Caldecott Medal for 1944. His illustrations in full color brilliantly convey the feeling and the overtones of the story.

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TODAY, Monday, Wanda Petronski was not in her seat.
added by Lisa. "first sentence"

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