Episode 308: The Hundred Dresses (with Kirsty Greenwood)

The SSR Podcast

Many requests later, SSR has finally answered the call to cover The Hundred Dresses. Written by Eleanor Estes, published in 1944, and granted a Newbery Honor in 1945, this beautiful little book tackles the well-trod bullying narrative with a uniquely soft and empathetic hand. It creates space for conversations about what it means to play the bystander to bad behavior, rising above one's bullies, what justice looks like, and everything in between.

Kirsty Greenwood was once a book editor, but is now a full-time writer of love stories that make readers belly laugh and ugly cry, including The Love of My Afterlife. Follow her on Instagram @kirsty_greenwood.

CHECK OUT KIRSTY'S BOOKS:

He Will Be Mine

The Love of My Afterlife

CHECK OUT KIRSTY'S BOOK RECOMMENDATION:

All Fours by Miranda July

MORE READING:

"Realistic Fiction: The Hundred Dresses" (The Western Corner of the Castle, 2019)

"The Hundred Dresses: A Little Book with a Long Impact" (Nerdy Book Club, 2018)

"The Hundred Dresses" (The Good and Beautiful Book List)

"The Hundred Dresses" (American Library Association)

"The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes" (Children's Lit Love, 2020)

"Book Review—The Hundred Dresses" (GC Annison, 2022)

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