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  • Brave Irene: A Picture Book

Brave Irene: A Picture Book

Author
William Steig
Illustrator
William Steig
Publication Date
October 11, 2011
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Brave Irene: A Picture Book
Only 5 copies currently available
Description

This winning heroine will inspire every child to cheer her on as she ventures through a bitter cold snowstorm in William Steig's classic Brave Irene.

Brave Irene, the dressmaker's daughter, ventures out into a fierce snowstorm to deliver the beautiful ball gown her mother has made for the duchess.

Brave Irene is Irene Bobbin, the dressmaker's daughter. Her mother, Mrs. Bobbin, isn't feeling so well and can't possibly deliver the beautiful ball gown she's made for the duchess to wear that very evening. So plucky Irene volunteers to get the gown to the palace on time, in spite of the fierce snowstorm that's brewing-- quite an errand for a little girl.

But where there's a will, there's a way, as Irene proves in the danger-fraught adventure that follows. She must defy the wiles of the wicked wind, her most formidable opponent, and overcome many obstacles before she completes her mission.

Brave Irene is a 1986 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year.

Publication date
October 11, 2011
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780312564223
Lexile Measure
630
Guided Reading Level
S
Publisher
Square Fish
BISAC categories
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV014000 - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women

Kirkus

Starred Review

The illustrations showing Irene's indomitable struggle on her way between comfortable home and welcoming castle complement the text admirably, deftly charting the passage on Irene's expressive face of determination, discouragement, surprise and jubilation; the illustrations are also interesting as a series of subtly changing paintings of girl and yellow box in a gradually darkening winter landscape. 

ALA/Booklist

Starred Review

Despite a raging snowstorm, Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, offers to deliver the duchess's newly finished ball gown. . . . With sure writing and well-composed, riveting art, Steig keeps readers with Irene every step of the long way.

William Steig
William Steig (1907-2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator and author of award-winning books for children, including Shrek!, on which the DreamWorks movies are based; the Caldecott Medal-winner Sylvester and the Magic Pebble; The Caldecott Honor book The Amazing Bone; and the Newbury Honor Books Abel's Island and Doctor De Soto. Stieg also published thirteen collections of drawings for adults, including The Lonely Ones, Male/Female, and Our Miserable Life.
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