The Hundred Dresses

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.

Author: Eleanor Estes
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 09/01/2004
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780152052607
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 42 / Hundred Dresses


Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 05/01/2005 pg. 50
PW Notes and Reprints 07/19/2004 pg. 164
Publishers Weekly 07/19/2004

About the Author
Estes, Eleanor: -

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.