By Katherine Woodfine (author) , Kate Pankhurst (illustrator) Part of the Little Gems series
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Rose's Dress of Dreams reads like a wonderful fairy tale; the little girl who dreams of beautiful dresses and spends her time drawing designs for fanciful frocks (much to the amusement of her family) grows up to create couture for Paris royalty. In fact Katherine Woodfine's dreamy tale is based up on the life of Rose Bertin, a pioneer of fashion in the court of Marie Antoinette.
Rose's dresses are breathtaking works of art, using the finest materials and jewels and lashing of imagination...but first she must serve out her time as an apprentice. Despite the hard work and exhaustion Rose never lets go of her dream. The book is dressed with colourful and ornate artwork from Kate Pankhurst.
Young Rose dreams of sewing beautiful dresses for the women of Paris. But when a chance encounter with royalty changes her life, Rose must draw on all her skills to create the most breathtaking dress of them all Based on the life of Rose Bertin, the woman credited with creating haute-couture, this is a story to inspire bold girls and boys everywhere.
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A beautiful tale for dreamers from award-winning author Katherine Woodfine. Based on the life of Rose Bertin, the woman credited with creating haute-couture, and featuring stunning illustrations by Kate Pankhurst.
Katherine Woodfine was born in Lancashire in 1983, and studied English at Bristol University. She lives in London and since 2009 has worked for the literature charity Booktrust, where she is a children's book specialist and project manager of the Children's Laureate, working with leading children's authors such as Malorie Blackman, Julia Donaldson and Anthony Browne.
Katherine is the bestselling author of the Sinclair’s Mysteries and the Taylor & Rose Secret Agents series. Her first novel, The Clockwork Sparrow , was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2015. For Barrington Stoke, her Heroines from History Little Gems series includes Elisabeth and the Box of Colours, Sophie Takes to the Sky and Rose’s Dress of Dreams which was heralded by the Guardian as “a pink-clad paean to design and dressmaking as an artistic rebellion”
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Rose's Dress of Dreams (Little Gem) and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-8 years old
Rose's Dress of Dreams (Little Gem) features in the following genres: Featured Books for 7+ readers, Recommendations, Historical Fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 5+ readers
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Rose's Dress of Dreams (Little Gem) was written by Katherine Woodfine and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd
Rose's Dress of Dreams (Little Gem) has 86 pages
Yes it is part of Little Gems series
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