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On The Same Page: Mother & Daughter Book Club (for ages 8-10 and their moms)

Busy moms and busy daughters connect over fiction, family and fun in this gathering for book lovers. Here all opinions and ideas are given equal validity, regardless of age.

For 8-10-year-olds and their moms.

Next book: The 100 Dresses by Eleanor Estes.

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Friendship, peer pressure, regret, and courage are issues integral to this Newbery Honor book by Eleanor Estes (Harcourt, 1944).


Wanda Petronski tells classmates she has a hundred dresses of all varieties in her closet at home. So why does she always wear the same old worn dress to school?  The teasing that follows seems harmless, but it's not. This book explores the hurt that comes from thoughtless words, and offers a painful, but heart-warming lesson in forgiveness. Even though the book was written in 1944, The Hundred Dresses is a timeless tale that teaches an invaluable lesson about bullying and acceptance that children from any era can relate to.

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