Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress [Hardcover]

Morris is a little boy who loves using his imagination. But most of all, Morris loves wearing the tangerine dress in his classroom’s dress-up center. The children in Morris’s class don’t understand. Dresses, they say, are for girls. And Morris certainly isn’t welcome in the spaceship some of his classmates are building. Astronauts, they say, don’t wear dresses. One day when Morris feels all alone and sick from their taunts, his mother lets him stay home from school. Morris dreams of a fantastic space adventure with his cat, Moo. Inspired by his dream, Morris paints the incredible scene he saw and brings it with him to school. He builds his own spaceship, hangs his painting on the front of it and takes two of his classmates on an outer space adventure. With warm, dreamy illustrations, Isabelle Malenfant perfectly captures Morris’s vulnerability and the vibrancy of his imagination.

Christine Baldacchinois a graphic artist and web designer with a background in early childhood education. She lives in Toronto.Isabelle Malenfanthas illustrated more than a dozen children’s books, mixing mediums such as watercolor, pastel, and charcoal to create poetic and sensitive worlds. She lives in Montreal.

Stonewall Honor Book in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Selected for the American Library Association's Rainbow List
Finalist for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
Finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
Finalist for the Blue Spruce Award
AKirkus ReviewsBest Book of the Year 
Kirkus Reviews selection for Best Picture Book Celebrating Diversity
A Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice
A Huffington Post Best Picture Book of the Year

Morris is a complex character whose creativity and personality shine. . . . Sensitive and reassuring. —lc®