The Hundred Dresses

The Hundred Dresses is a 1944 children’s book by Eleanor Estes. The book centres on Wanda Petronski, a poor and friendless Polish-American girl. Wanda claims to own one hundred dresses, all lined up in her closet in her worn-down house.

About The Hundred Dresses in brief

Summary The Hundred DressesThe Hundred Dresses is a 1944 children’s book by Eleanor Estes, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. The book centres on Wanda Petronski, a poor and friendless Polish-American girl. Wanda claims to own one hundred dresses, all lined up in her closet in her worn-down house.

The students who teased her feel remorse and want her to know this, but they are not sure how. They decide to write her a kind letter and send it to her old address.