Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress

Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination. But most of all, Morris loves wearing the tangerine dress in his classroom's dress-up center. The children in Morris's class don't understand. Dresses, they say, are for girls. And Morris certainly isn't welcome in the spaceship some of his classmates are building. Astronauts, they say, don't wear dresses. One day when Morris feels all alone and sick from their taunts, his mother lets him stay home from school. Morris dreams of a fantastic space adventure with his cat, Moo. Inspired by his dream, Morris paints the incredible scene he saw and brings it with him to school. He builds his own spaceship, hangs his painting on the front of it and takes two of his classmates on an outer space adventure. With warm, dreamy illustrations, Isabelle Malenfant perfectly captures Morris's vulnerability and the vibrancy of his imagination.


Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 05/13/2014
ISBN: 9781554983476
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.60h x 8.00w x 0.50d
Award: Stonewall Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citations: School Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 100
Publishers Weekly 03/10/2014
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2014
Quill & Quire 05/01/2014 pg. 34
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2014 pg. 498
Booklist 07/01/2014 pg. 87
Kirkus Best Picture Books 11/15/2014 pg. 53
Quill & Quire Books of the Yr 12/01/2014 pg. 20

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 172242 / Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
Reading Level: 3.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5