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* New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year
* Booklist Editors' Choice
* Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List
* Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year


보빈 부인은 공작부인이 무도회에서 입을 아름다운 드레스를 다 만든 후 그만 너무 힘이 들어서 몸살이 나고 말았지요. 엄마를 대신해서 드레스를 공작부인에게 전달하기 위해 길을 나선 착하고 용감한 아이린... 하지만 드레스를 넣은 박스는 너무 크고, 눈보라는 너무 심하게 몰아치고 있었으며, 공작부인이 사는 궁전은 산너머에 너무 멀리 있었죠. 거센 눈보라를 헤지면서 앞으로 나아갔습니다만, 그만 바람에 박스가 땅에 떨어지면서 드레스는 어디론가 날아가 버렸어요. 아이린은 낙심했지만, 다시 한번 용기를 내어 눈보라를 뚫고 앞으로 나아갔어요. 악전고투 끝에 공작부인이 사는 궁전에 도착했을 때 아이린은 자기 눈을 의심할 수 밖에 없었죠. 바람에 날라갔던 드레스가 공작부인의 궁전앞 큰 나무줄기에 얌전히 걸려 있는 것이었어요...

어린 소녀의 지극한 효심, 자기가 맡은 일을 완수하려는 용기와 책임감 등, 어린 독자에게 유익한 교훈을 주는 그림책입니다.






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Edition: Paperback: 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0312564228
ISBN-13: 978-0312564223
책 크기: 26.2cm x 21.6cm



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Book Description
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. Surely, this winning heroine will inspire every child to cheer her on.


Publishers Weekly
When her mother, a dressmaker, falls ill, indomitable Irene fights a raging snowstorm to deliver a dress in time for the duchess's ball. A Michael di Capua Book.


School Library Journal
Fans will enjoy this typical Steig myth, although it lacks the surprise and logic of his best stories. It isn't a fit night out for man nor beast when Irene pluckily forges on through wind and snow to deliver the ball gown that her ill mother has stitched for the duchess. The dramatic pictures of brave Irene's painful journey will engage children's sympathy, but children will also wonder why the dressmaker's child didn't stay home with her sick mother, however grateful the duchess was. The magic just isn't here.


Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
This is one of Steig's simplest stories; it is also one of his best, a sturdily realistic tale that has the force of a legend.


Ingram
Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.