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The hundred dresses

In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson. Includes a note from the author's daughter, Helena Estes.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Estes, Eleanor, 1906-1988
Other Authors:	Slobodkin, Louis, 1903-1975 (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2004.
Subjects:	Polish Americans > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Schools > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson. Includes a note from the author's daughter, Helena Estes.
Physical Description:	80 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Audience:	6 to 10.
Awards:	Newbery Honor Book, 1945
ISBN:	0152051708 9780152052607 (pbk)
Author Notes:	Eleanor Estes was born in West Haven, Connecticut on May 9, 1906. She graduated from the Pratt Institute Library School and worked as a children's librarian in branches of the New York Public Library system. Her first book, The Moffats, was published in 1941. Her other works include The Hundred Dresses and Ginger Pye, which won a John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished children's book in 1952. She also wrote a single adult novel entitled The Echoing Green. She died of complications following a stroke on July 15, 1988 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography)