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    A little girl and her favorite dress dream of an extraordinary life. They enjoy simple pleasures together on a beautiful Greek island. They watch the sunset, do chores, and pick wildflowers on the way home. One day, the dress and the girl must leave the island and immigrate to the United States. Upon arrival, the girl is separated from the trunk carrying her favorite dress, and she fears her dress is lost forever. Many years later, the girl—now all grown up—spots the dress in a thrift store window. As the two are finally reunited, the memories of their times together come flooding back. While the girl can no longer wear the dress, it’s now perfect for her own daughter—and the new journey of a girl and her dress begins. Featuring lush illustrations, The Dress and the Girl is a stunning picture book about memory and the power of the items we hold most dear.

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    THE DRESS AND THE GIRL

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    A little girl and her favorite dress dream of an extraordinary life. They enjoy simple pleasures together on a beautiful Greek island. They watch the sunset, do chores, and pick wildflowers on the way home. One day, the dress and the girl must leave the island and immigrate to the United States. Upon arrival, the girl is separated from the trunk carrying her favorite dress, and she fears her dress is lost forever. Many years later, the girl—now all grown up—spots the dress in a thrift store window. As the two are finally reunited, the memories of their times together come flooding back. While the girl can no longer wear the dress, it’s now perfect for her own daughter—and the new journey of a girl and her dress begins. Featuring lush illustrations, The Dress and the Girl is a stunning picture book about memory and the power of the items we hold most dear.

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    The Dress and The Girl

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    A little girl and her favorite dress dream of an extraordinary life. They enjoy simple pleasures together on a beautiful Greek island. They watch the sunset, do chores, and pick wildflowers on the way home. One day, the dress and the girl must leave the island and immigrate to the United States. Upon arrival, the girl is separated from the trunk carrying her favorite dress, and she fears her dress is lost forever. Many years later, the girl—now all grown up—spots the dress in a thrift store window. As the two are finally reunited, the memories of their times together come flooding back. While the girl can no longer wear the dress, it’s now perfect for her own daughter—and the new journey of a girl and her dress begins. Featuring lush illustrations, The Dress and the Girl is a stunning picture book about memory and the power of the items we hold most dear.

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    Dear Reader,

    When I began working on The Dress and the


    Girl nearly ten years ago, it was sparked by a
    personal family story about the immigration
    of my husband’s great-grandfather from a
    small Greek Village to the United States.
    Harry Androutsos was seventeen years old
    when he left his family, home, and
    everything he knew to start a new life in a
    new land. He never saw the rest of his family
    again. I’m sure many people reading this
    book have similar stories in their own
    families, whether they realize it, or not.

    I had no idea at that time, or even once the book was published, that we
    would find ourselves in a worldwide refugee crisis, that immigration would
    become the issue it is today, and that children would be caught in the
    crossfire.

    I hope The Dress and the Girl serves as a means to inspire conversation,


    so that a generation is raised with a reminder of the goodness of other people,
    so they have empathy and can do better than we have done to date. I want
    refugee and immigrant children to see themselves and know how
    extraordinary they are. I want them to feel seen and understood and know
    there is hope. Hope that they can start a new and extraordinary life in a new
    land. Hope that they are wanted and that people want to help.  

    Sharing our stories brings the humanity to difficult situations and


    circumstances, and keeps it there. I hope we continue to share our stories.

    Camille Andros

    978-1-4197-3161-7
    Illustration Copyright © 2018 Julie Morstad

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