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Hundred Dresses

Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal)

Hundred Dresses

Eleanor Estes

The story follows a girl named Wanda as she faces her classmates' prejudice, quietly revealing the meaning of compassion and courage.

bullyingfriendshipcompassionschool life

Work Information

Around Wanda, the girl who wears the same dress every day, the atmosphere of the classroom slowly changes.

One of Eleanor Estes's best-known works, it carefully traces Wanda's experience of prejudice and the classmates who witness it. A Japanese edition is available, and the book has remained a long-lived classic of children's literature.

Book Information

Publisher
Turtleback Books
Published
2004-10-01
Pages
80 pages
Language
英語
Size
16.26 x 1.52 x 20.83 cm
ISBN-13
9781417630745
ISBN-10
1417630744
Price
6841 JPY
Category
洋書/Children's Books/Classics

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

Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) grew up in West Haven, Connecticut, which she renamed Cranbury for her classic stories about the Moffat and Pye families. A children's librarian for many years, she launched her writing career with the publication of The Moffats in 1941. Two of her outstanding books about the Moffats-- Rufus M. and The Middle Moffat --were awarded Newbery Honors, as was her short novel The Hundred Dresses. She won the Newbery Medal for Ginger Pye.

Reviews

  • 百まいのドレスの原語版

    石井桃子さんの日本語訳版も良いですが、原語版にの微妙な表現は作者の意図をより明確にするので収穫大でした。 また、娘さんの「a letter to readers」も添付されており、背景など知ることができました。

  • 状態良い

    値段手頃でうれしい。

  • perfect timing but with a tear

    Was on tenterhooks while waiting for delivery of this item because we needed it delivered before we leave for our long vacation. What a relief it was to see it the night we were about to leave! 3 nights earlier than expected!! Thank you. Just a downside, it has a tear when it was delivered. Nevertheless, I was happy.

  • 日本人にも身近なアメリカ生まれの物語

    Newbery Honor bookを受賞しているから、知る人ぞ知る児童文学の傑作なのだろう。 英語の児童文学というと、とかくファンタジーやらが思い浮かぶが、 ここで素材になっているのは学校におけるいじめの問題である。 なるほどこうした問題は子供にとってもリアルな切実な問題だし、 その種の児童文学があるのは当然なのだと今更のように納得。 そういうわけで話自体は重いが、とくに途中からはサスペンス性も増して加速して読める。 舞台はアメリカで、いじめの対象はポーランド系の貧しい少女である。 移民社会というアメリカの現実にも目を開かれる。 主人公は、気がすすまないままに引きずられていじめに加担してしまい、それを後悔する少女である。 我々読者にも、いかにも等身大の物語といえるだろうか。 子供社会とはいえ、いろいろなタイプの人間像が描き分けられていて興味深い。 厳しいテーマだが、その思いにたいしてはある種の救いが用意されている。 鍵を握るのが「絵」というモチーフである。 この本は絵本ではないが、印象的な挿絵が多く含まれていて、 描かれている挿絵を呼応するように、物語の中でも「絵」というものが重要な役割を果たすことになるのである。 「絵」に託されたものが何だっのか、それが明らかになる結末部は感動的だ。 挿絵も含めてアメリカで生まれた物語だが、 どこか夢見るような透明感のある絵は、むしろ日本の読者の趣味に合うのではないかという気がした。 そういう意味でも違和感なく読めると思う。

  • The book teaches children that to be silent is just as harmful, if not worse, than the person creating conflict on others. The book can be read in 1-2 sittings. The story telling is unique as it explores the different thoughts of the characters in the book. I may need to read again for my 6 year old daughter to comprehend the story, but my 8 year old understood it and hopefully learned something from it. I do think it's a book to come back and read again to get the powerful message across. My kids did enjoy that there were a few illustrations in the book.

  • Simple story with a lesson on treating all people kindly and the effects is we don’t. Read this book 40ish years ago in grade school and it left a n impact on me.

  • Mobbing and discrimination are, unfortunately, an ever-occurring, never-ending issue in practically all aspects of society. Particularly children are often the recipients, but also the providers of such hurtful acts, and especially schools are the stage for this form of intolerance. The author tells the story that she experienced in her own childhood, observing a foreign girl being subjected to this behavior, and how it affected her own character and feeling of guilt. I highly recommend this book to anyone, in particular for school-classes.

  • Excellent book. A must read . What a vivid and heart watming experience.

  • livro recomendado pela escola

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