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Spalding, Andrea

Sarah May and the New Red Dress

32 pp. | Orca | March, 1999 | Trade ISBN 1-55143-117-3 $$14.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Janet Wilson. Sarah May secretly longs for a red dress to replace the practical navy blue one her mother has sewn. When the young girl gets caught in a rainstorm that washes away the dark dye, she gets to choose a new bright dye for her dress. In a sentimental frame, the story is told by an elderly Sarah May looking back at her rural childhood. Though occasionally stiff, Wilson's illustrations deliver the setting and action with skill.
Reviewer: Jennifer Polshek

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