The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Hundred Dresses
Book Review: One of the best children's clssics of all times!
Summary: 5 Stars
Wanda, a Polish immigrant, wants nothing more than to be liked and accepted in a strange country. That's why she tells her classmates tales of her "hundred dresses, all lined up in a row in my closet." Her classmates think this is hilarious, and are frequently asking her about her hundred dresses. Only when she is gone do they realize how much damage they actually did...
Though it contains a simple plot, this book is excellent, and it contains a valuable lesson for all of us.Book Review: So many dresses your eyes will fall out
Summary: 2 Stars
It's about a girl who no one really likes. Everyday they ask her how many dresses do you have and she says a 100. No one believes her till she gives away all of her 100 dresses.Book Review: A deft and brilliant tale of moral dilemmas
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the most poignant, most ageless stories I've ever read-- an essential story for any educator-- and one whose power and ability to make an impact has not lessened at all with time. Everyone who works with children should read this book; it describes so deftly and so forcefully the dilemmas children face-- and the cruelties they can inflict, all in the name of having fun-- that it should be on reading lists everywhere. Eleanor Estes doesn't bludgeon the reader with lessons and preaching; rather, she guides her readers to their own conclusions and-- while there is a "happy" ending-- she lets the necessary ambiguities and unresolved problems remain that way. The illustrations are heart-rending in their watercolory impressionistic simplicity... if you want to "show, not tell" your children or your pupils how to be kind to each other, this is the book.Book Review: Outstanding!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was given to me as a little girl by a cousin who wanted to instill her love of reading in me. Well, it worked. I must have read that book at least a hundred times and loved it every time. I now have my mother searching through old boxes and through my old bedroom looking for this book because I would love to pass it along to my little girls who will be learning to read in a couple of years.Book Review: As good as I remembered...
Summary: 5 Stars
My fourth grade teacher read this to my class and now I'm a junior in college majoring in Education. Wanda is a very strong little girl who teaches her classmates a lesson on acceptance. I plan on sharing this book with my classes in the future. It teaches the age old lesson of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you".