On Friday, we had our last Junior Girls and Mothers Book Club before the summer.  It was my turn to host this month and so I wanted to share with you what we read:  The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes.  (For more recommended children's books , go to my friend Elise's Children's Book Monday.)

It is a great book to discuss with young girls.  Although it is a short chapter book, the message that we learn from the story makes it a great treasure!  After-all, it won a Newberry Honor!  The main character is a poor girl named Wanda who gets teased at school.  When a group of girls crowd around Cecile to admire her beautiful crimson dress, Wanda claims she has 100 dresses all lined up in her closet.  Then everyday the teasing game begins because no one believes her. From the back cover of the book:

Wanda wears the same old blue dress every day.  "A hundred dresses--all lined up!"  If Wanda really does have a hundred dresses, she's certainly keeping them hidden...but why?

Read it and find out the mystery behind the hundred dresses!  You'll be pleasantly surprised by the ending, learning about true friendship, kindness, and forgiveness on the way.

Fun project:  Make sugar cookie-shaped girls and decorate their "dresses" with frosting and candies.  We did and had a blast!  Or design your own dress with paints, fabrics, stickers, gems, etc.