My first favorite book. My mom read it to me when I was little. I loved the illustrations and the story of this picked-on poor artist girl. When I grew up I forgot the story.

A professor mentioned it years ago in a composition class. I asked to borrow a copy, and the next week she brought one for me to borrow. The illustrations were so instantly familiar that they took my breath away. I did not quite find the story I remembered.

This book has become a defining feature in my adulthood. The Hundred Dresses is more than a children's book about a girl who is poor. It is about social violence and immigration and what we do when we're under pressure. It makes my heart pound a little harder when I think about it. ( )

This story is about a young girl that comes from a non wealthy family. She is picked on by students at her school because she seems different than the others. She is also teased by two girls saying that she has one hundred dresses at home she could wear but the young girl only wear one old dress instead. They tease her until they learn the real story of why she only wears one dress.

I think this is a great story lesson to young children that are starting to realize that not everyone is the same!

1.I could have the students think about one time they were teased and write about how it made them feel.

1 Wandaに対して意地悪だった自分達の行いを勇気を出して謝ったMaddieとPeggy、それを許してあげたWanda、皆いい子です。テンポのある話ではなく、心の動きがテーマなので、読み終わるまで忍耐力が必要でした。

2 The colors are like the colors in Wanda's hundred dresses.

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This is a compelling read about girls in a school that tease the new student because of her dress. The new girl came to town wearing an old, worn dress and speaks a little differently. One day, she says she has 100 dresses and then gets teased by the most popular girl at school. The other girls at the school continue to tease her because of her appearance and accent. This book shows the effect of judging people and how differences in culture and taste should be embraced not ostracized. The way the story shows how the girl actually does have 100 dresses, just not the type she can wear shows how if the girls would have given her a chance, they could have appreciated her story much more. There are also some pictures in the book that are very simple, black and pink only. ( )

This is a story about a young girl named Wanda Petronski. She tells all of the girls at school that she has a hundred dresses all lined up in her closet. Yet, she wears the same blue dress to school every day. Peggy is a girl who makes fun of wanda every day. Maddie is peggy's best friend who can relate to Wanda but is not brave enough to stand up for her when the other girls are making fun of her. The school holds a drawing contest in which Wanda wins with paintings of a hundred different dresses. She does not show up to school to learn about her win and all of the girls feel really bad and go to look for her. The same girls who used to make fun of wanda are now sad because they were unable to find her and make amends. Maddie realized that even though they picked on Wanda, two of her pictures were inspired by Peggy and Maddie.

I read this story to my two elementary age children. My son cried in the beginning when Wanda was being made fun of because of her appearance. It made me feel good to realize that this story really touched him and opened his eyes to the harsh side of bullying.

I am going to read this story to my third grade class. It affected my third grade son in a positive way, so I am certain that the students will have the same perspective as he had.