Annotation: Irene volunteers to run an errand for her sick mother who just made a dress for the duchess at a ball. Along the way, through the fierce winter, Irene loses the dress as the wind blows it out of the box. Irene's luck doesn't get much better as it gets darker and she get buried in the snow. As she arrives in front of the palace, she sees the dress, gives it to the duchess and is invited to spend the night.
Genre: Fiction
Grade Level: 1-3
Readers who will like this: Anyone who is feeling brave and determined to do something for someone, and to get it done right. Or anyone who is having a bad day.
Response/Rating: I would give this book a 2 out of 4. I thought that the illustrations were very well done, I just wasn't wowed by the story. Its one of those stories that should be read on a dull day when someone is feeling like a lot is going wrong.
One question I would ask before a read-aloud: Have you ever had one of those days where everything seems to go wrong, and then suddenly gets better?
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