The Hundred Dresses

Neveroutofprintsinceits1944publication,thistenderstoryoffersreadersofallagesatimelessmessageofcompassionandunderstanding.AtitsheartisWandaPetronski,animmigrantgirlinanAmericanschool,whoisridiculedforwearingthesamefadedbluedresseveryday.Whenshetellsherclassmatesthatshehasonehundreddressesathome,sheunwittinglytriggersagameofteasingthateventuallyendsinalessonforall.InrestoringthereproductionofLouisSlobodkin'sartwork,thisneweditionrecapturestheoriginalvividcolor.Andtocelebratethebook'senhancedbeauty,HelenaEstes,thedaughteroftheauthor,haswrittenanewlettertoreadersaboutthetruestorybehindTheHundredDresses.本书荣获纽伯德儿童文学奖银奖。这本书的叙述方式很特别，主人公旺达·佩特罗斯基一直没有正面和我们接触，在作者淡淡的叙述里，在对玛蒂埃的细腻的心理描述中旺达的形象渐渐丰满起来。我们追随着玛蒂埃关切的目光，她的思想，她的微妙的心路历程，见到了一个真实的旺达，倔强而孤独地存在，有憧憬和美好的愿望，安静，勤劳朴实，爱干净，爱美、聪明、执著、大度的旺达。