title: Hannah and the Seven Dresses
author:  Marthe Jocelyn 
description: Jocelyn's (The Invisible Day) slim story serves primarily as a vehicle to display her simple yet cheerful cloth collage art in a medley of palettes and patterns. Hannah, with her closet full of dresses handmade by her mother, breaks out in a sweat when she has to decide which to wear: "Her face got hot. She shivered all over. Her knees went jiggly and her toes curled under." She decides to assign a specific day of the week to each dress, then models them, one at a time; Jocelyn coordinates wall and floor coverings with each outfit. But readers never see where she goes or what she does in her dresses. At the climax, Hannah's shivers and jiggly knees return when she must choose a dress for her birthday party. When putting all the dresses on at once doesn't work, she finally decides to don pants instead. "And from that minute until now, Hannah has never worn a dress again." With these words, Jocelyn's rather flat tale ends on a puzzling note: The book won't hold much appeal for youngsters who have no interest in wearing dresses, and its conclusion will disappoint those who do. This volume might be all dressed up with nowhere to go. Ages 3-7. (June) <br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Hannah’s Birthday Dress
  
  
  A Hannah Out West Book #6
  
  
  by Amelia C. Adams
  
  
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  With thanks to my family and to Hannah’s other special friends—Heidi, Keira,
  and Tynzleigh.
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover design by Ammon Pinkston. Images courtesy of Deposit Photos.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  
  [Chapter One](part0003_split_000.html#dress1)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](part0004.html#dress2)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](part0005.html#dress3)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](part0006.html#dress4)
  
  
  [Chapter Five](part0007.html#dress5)
  
  
  [Chapter Six](part0008.html#dress6)
  
  
  [Chapter Seven](part0009.html#dress7)
  
  
  [Chapter Eight](part0010.html#dress8)
  
  
  [Glossary](part0011.html#glossydress)
  
  
  [Hannah’s History Lesson](part0012.html#dresslesson)
  
  
  [Recipe](part0013_split_000.html#honeycandydress)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter One
  
  
  Topeka, Kansas
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## 1875
  
  
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  Winnie Smith was the meanest girl Hannah Stewart had ever met. She thought
  everyone sh