Brave Irene
Readers rate it 3.8 (5 on Hardcover)
32 pages · Released Apr 1, 1988 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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A note for parents
Brave Irene is a classic children's picture book by renowned author William Steig about a young girl who undertakes a difficult journey in harsh weather to deliver an important dress. The story celebrates courage, determination, and kindness, with a resourceful and caring protagonist as the emotional center. The setting contains some weather-related peril and distress, but nothing violent or graphic, making it appropriate for early readers.
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Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball. Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.
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- Blizzards
- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Picture books
- Children's fiction
- Girls, fiction
- Storms, fiction
- Blind
- Courage
- Books and reading
- Snow, fiction
- Spanish language materials
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ISBN 9780374409272 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)