The Hundred Dresses
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Orlando
Language: eng
Format: paperback
ISBN-13: 9780152052607
Copyright date: 2004
Description: WANDA wears the same faded blue dress to school every day—yet she says she has one hundred beautiful dresses at home, "all lined up." The other girls don't believe it, and when Peggy starts a daily game of teasing Wanda about the hundred dresses, everyone joins in. Maddie, Peggy's best friend, goes along with the game, but she secretly wonders whether she can find the courage to speak up in Wanda's defense. 

It's not until Wanda fails to come to school one day that her classmates learn the truth about the hundred dresses—and Maddie and Peggy learn the meaning of kindness and generosity of spirit. 

ELEANOR ESTES'S heartfelt story, a Newbery Honor Book and a beloved classic for more than sixty years, offers readers of all ages a timeless message of compassion and understanding.
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Table of contents: title: Wanda; title: The Dresses Game; title: A Bright Blue Day; title: The Contest; title: The Hundred Dresses; title: Up on Boggins Heights; title: The Letter to Room 13