You can expand upon them, or add your own twist. You can use them, but you don't have to use them. Published in 1945, Estes’ The Hundred Dresses won the Newbery Honor, has never been out of print, and has remained a beloved classic ever since. *Note: These craft ideas are just suggestions. Pretend they are strangers or friends with the bully or victim. Volunteers set up practice situations of common bullying, and have the children practice what they think they should do. Have a contest for designing dresses and motor boats. Write the letter Maddie should have written. What can you do when you should have done something, but you didn?t, and now it?s too late? What would you have done instead? Do you think you would have done anything different?
Why did Maddie stand by and not do anything? Why did Wanda make up that story about the dresses? Have you ever seen anyone get made fun of or called names?ĭo you know any children that wear the same clothes over and over again? Why do they do that?ĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) grew up in West Haven, Connecticut, which she renamed Cranbury for her classic stories about the Moffat and Pye families.
When Wanda is pulled out of school one day. Has anyone ever made fun of you? How did that feel? She claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn’t. Every day she wears a faded blue dress, which wouldn't be too much of a problem if she didn't tell her schoolmates that she had a hundred dresses at home-all silk, all colors, and velvet, too. Wanda Petronski lives way up in shabby Boggins Heights, and she doesn't have any friends. Grade Level: 5th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)
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