I am so thankful for Barbara Gruener’s beautiful review on her blog, The Corner on Character. Take a look . . .
Title: Nancy Bess had a Dress
Author: Claire Annette Noland
Illustrator: Angela C. Hawkins
Publisher: Gnome Road Publishing
Birth Date: March 19, 2024
Suitable for: ages 5-8
Themes: recycling, creativity, history
Brief synopsis: When Nancy outgrows her favorite flour-sack dress, how many other uses for it can this young crafter concoct and create?
Opening page: Daddy needed a new hammer, Mama’s bucket had a hole, and the flour sack was empty. So, on Saturday, after chores, Nancy Bess and her family piled into the old truck and rattled into town.
Resources:
Read reflections and a book review {here}.
Take a peek inside courtesy of Kathy Temean {here}.
Download the teachers’ guide {here}.
Watch the book trailer.
Why I like this book: My two favorite things are
1. the connection I feel to this charming story because
John’s mom, Ruby, once wore flour-sack dresses, and
2. the book’s captivating and mesmerizing illustrations,
complete with a mouse hiding in every scene.
Travel back to the Depression and meet Nancy Bess, a creative young lady, who finds joy the small things in life, like a trip in her family’s truck into town to pick out the flour sack which will eventually become her darling daisy dress. Thankfully, as she grows, she does her skill as a seamstress.
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