Irene lives up over a mountain with her mother who is a dress maker.

William Steig does so Wow, Irene really is brave. Irene keeps going so she can tell the duchess what happened. It's so windy that it blows the box away. Irene puts her mother to bed, wraps up in warm clothes and take the dress through a blizzard and the wilderness to the duchess. Irene's mother takes ill and can't take the dress. She has completed a dress for the duchess who's party is tonight, the night of a vicious snow storm. The deep snow and the howling wind have other ideas, however, driving the indomitable girl along and snatching the parcel from her determined grasp: Irene does not give up, and will face several snowy disasters before her bravery finally pays off in an evening she'll never forget.īrave Irene displays William Steig's customary enchanting illustrations and witty writing in this story of determination and adventure.more So brave Irene - a fan of snow - dresses warmly, packages up the dress and heads out into a raging storm. The deep snow and the howling wind have other ideas, however, driving the indomitable girl along and snatching the parcel from her det Irene Bobbin's mother has made the most beautiful dress in the world for the duchess, but is too ill to deliver it for tonight's ball. Irene Bobbin's mother has made the most beautiful dress in the world for the duchess, but is too ill to deliver it for tonight's ball.

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