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 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.

Brave Irene is a 1986 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 10/01/1986
ISBN: 9780374309473
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 10.70h x 8.73w x 0.59d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 12/01/1986

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 17512 / Brave Irene
Reading Level: 3.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5