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In Sarah May and the New Red Dress (Orca $17.95)
Mother wants a serviceable dress for Sarah. Father wants it to be cheap. And Sarah May wants it to be red. In Sarah May and the New Red Dress (Orca $17.95) Pender Island storyteller Andrea Spalding relates a young girl's longing for self-expression.
The West Wind intervenes and begins the transformation of a dull blue dress, fitted with room to grow. A black cloud crosses the sun, rain falls and the colour runs from the hem. Mother bleaches the dress and sends her daughter to the store.
"Get a good strong colour to cover the streaky parts,"; she says. And Sarah May chooses red. Janet Wilson, whose work graced In Flanders Fields, imbues her illustrations with Sarah May's longing and joy. 1-55143-117-3
[BCBW WINTER 1998]
The West Wind intervenes and begins the transformation of a dull blue dress, fitted with room to grow. A black cloud crosses the sun, rain falls and the colour runs from the hem. Mother bleaches the dress and sends her daughter to the store.
"Get a good strong colour to cover the streaky parts,"; she says. And Sarah May chooses red. Janet Wilson, whose work graced In Flanders Fields, imbues her illustrations with Sarah May's longing and joy. 1-55143-117-3
[BCBW WINTER 1998]
Submitted on July 7, 2003 in By David.
