Brave Irene: A Picture Book
by William Steig (Author) William Steig (Illustrator)
This winning heroine will inspire every child to cheer her on as she ventures through a bitter cold snowstorm in William Steig's classic Brave Irene.
Brave Irene, the dressmaker's daughter, ventures out into a fierce snowstorm to deliver the beautiful ball gown her mother has made for the duchess.
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.
Brave Irene is a 1986 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year.
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Kirkus
The illustrations showing Irene's indomitable struggle on her way between comfortable home and welcoming castle complement the text admirably, deftly charting the passage on Irene's expressive face of determination, discouragement, surprise and jubilation; the illustrations are also interesting as a series of subtly changing paintings of girl and yellow box in a gradually darkening winter landscape.
ALA/Booklist
Despite a raging snowstorm, Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, offers to deliver the duchess's newly finished ball gown. . . . With sure writing and well-composed, riveting art, Steig keeps readers with Irene every step of the long way.
Review quotes
"One of Steig's simplest stories [and] one of his best, a tale that has the force of a legend." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
JUV014000 - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
