Brave Irene: A Picture Book

ISBN: 0312564228

Author: Steig, William

Condition: New

This winning heroine will inspire every child to cheer her on as she ventures through a bitter cold snowstorm in the classic story Brave Irene by William Steig, the Caldecott and Newbery Medal-winning creator of Shrek!.Brave Irene is Irene Bobbin, the dressmakers daughter. Her mother, Mrs. Bobbin, isnt feeling so well and cant 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 thats brewing-quite an errand for a little girl.But where theres a will, theres 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.