| My Mannequins Contributor(s): Waxman, Sydell (Author), Gallinger, Patty (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0929141733 ISBN-13: 9780929141732 Publisher: Napoleon and Co OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: Dora's father owns a dressmaking shop in the garment district of Toronta in the late 1940s. Every day after school, ten year-old Dora helps her father in the shop. As she works, she dreams of being a designer herself and dressing the mannequins in her own creations. One late afternoon after the shop has closed and while her father is working at his desk, Dora begins dressing up the mannequins. She uses remnants of bright cloth, ribbons and buttons that she finds lying around the shop floor, adding a bright scarf here and a sequin covered hat there. When her father suddenly decides they've stayed long enough, Dora is forced to leave her gaily dressed mannequins in the window, with very unexpected results. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8.52" W x 9.76" (0.66 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 64137 Reading Level: 2.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dora's father owns a dressmaking shop in the bustling garment district of Toronto in the 1940s. Every day after school, ten-year-old Dora runs to help her father in the shop. As she works, she dreams of being a designer herself and dressing the soberly attired mannequins in her own beautiful creations. In Dora's imaginings, the mannequins seem to urge her on in her fantasy as Dora's busy father pays scant attention to daughter's activities. One late afternoon after the shop has closed and while her father is working at his desk, Dora begins dressing up the mannequins. She uses remnants of bright cloth, ribbons and buttons that she finds lying around the shop floor, adding a bright scarf here and a sequin covered hat there. When her father suddenly decides they've stayed long enough, Dora is forced to leave her gaily dressed mannequins in the window, with very unexpected results. |
Contributor Bio(s): Waxman, Sydell: - Sydell Waxman's eclectic career has encompassed work as an historical researcher, school librarian, museum lecturer, entrepreneur and writer. Her first book Changing the Pattern: The Story of Emily Stowe the biography of Canada's first female physician Emily Stowe, was selected for the Our Choice seal from the CCBC and won the Toronto Heritage Award in 1998. Gallinger, Patty: -Patty Gallinger is a freelance fiction writer and children's book illustrator. In 2018, she published four short stories in A Slice of Life anthology, a book funded by the Government of Ontario to advocate for and raise funds to spotlight quality of care in nursing homes. Patty lives in Burlington, Ontario. |
