Eleanor Estes ... author of The Hundred Dresses ...

[Luanne]

Have any of you read any of her other books? She wrote The Moffats, (we already discussed Ginger Pye), The Alley, Miranda the Great, Rufus M., and The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode. If you did, what did you think about them?

[Eliana]

Have any of you read any of her other books? She wrote The Moffats, (we already discussed Ginger Pye), The Alley, Miranda the Great, Rufus M., and The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode. If you did, what did you think about them?

Oh, yes! The Moffats series is a favorite here!

Here's the series in order:
The Moffats
The Middle Moffat
Rufus M
The Moffat Museum

Ginger Pye and its sequel Pinky Pye are also well loved.

The Witch Family is another favorite - and unless the very word is distressing, it is a very innocent book. The interplay of real and imaginary is really nicely done, and the goodness of the two little girls semi-controlling the story is very clear...

Her other books:

The Alley, Miranda the Great, The Curious Adventure of Jimmy McGee, and the Tunnel of Hugsy Goode

...well, the kids found them enjoyable enough, but not very memorable or exciting.

HTH

Eliana

[angela in ohio]

We have read the Moffats series as well as Ginger and Pinky Pye. My girls adore them.

[strider]

We enjoyed the Moffats a great deal at our house.

I was extremely impressed with The Hundred Dresses. My kids--my ds in particular--were also quite affected by it.

[nmoira]

We love Eleanor Estes, and haven't been disappointed by a single book of hers yet.

[Kayaking Mom]

I (as did the kids) loved the 100 Dresses. I haven't read the others - but they are on the list and I am expecting they will be just as great!

[fiddledeedee]

I read all of her books as a kid, but just loved The Witch Family, I read that one several times, very cute book. I found a used copy and snatched it up! My daughter enjoyed it as well.

[AngieW in Texas]

We loved The Hundred Dresses and The Moffats.

We thought Ginger Pye was boring and so were the other Moffat books.

Miranda the Great made my youngest cry. She was very unhappy with the ending and had bad dreams about it for several nights. She can be very emotional about things like this though. She was 7yo at the time.

[Lisawa]

Have any of you read any of her other books? She wrote The Moffats, (we already discussed Ginger Pye), The Alley, Miranda the Great, Rufus M., and The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode. If you did, what did you think about them?


Love her books! We are going to go to the Seattle Children’s theater in about a month or so to see 100 dresses... can’t wait!