num_pages: 32
description: Jamela gets in trouble when she takes the material intended for a new dress for Mama, parades it in the street, and allows it to become dirty and torn. But there is a happy ending in store for "Kwela Jamela African Queen," and just in time.
language: English
title: Jamela's Dress
titlecomplete: Jamela's Dress
genres: Cultural, Picture Books, Childrens, African American, Humor, Family, Africa, Storytime
ratings_count: 409
places: South Africa
series: Jamela
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)