This is a charming book about winter, family, and responsibility.
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Independent Reading Level: PreK-1
Awards: Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year.
New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Books of the Year.
Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List.
NYT Best Illustrated BOTY.
Booklist Editors' Choice.
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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.

But where there's a will, there's a way, as Irene proves in the danger-fraught adventure that follows. She must defy the wiles of the wicked wind, her most formidable opponent, and overcome many obstacles before she completes her mission.

A girl is trying to deliver a gift through the snow.

Neither snow, nor snow, nor more snow, nor hella snow shall keep the dressmaker's daughter from delivering a commissioned gown. It's a slow slog for Irene and me both. ( )