"Despite a raging snowstorm, Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, offers to deliver the duchess's newly finished ball gown...With sure writing and well-composed, riveting art, Steig keeps readers with Irene every step of the long way."--Starred, "Booklist <BR>"One of Steig's simplest stories [and] one of his best, a tale that has the force of a legend." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<BR>
