Veleta Mae is nervous to start her first year of school. She'll miss her pet chicken, Dorothy. It's 1938, and Valeta's dress is thinner than paper with a pocket holier than Swiss cheese. On the family farm, she searches for a way to make a new school dress. Flowers, chicken feathers, maybe the family curtains? Nothing seems to work. Veleta Mae all but gives up when she spots the flower pattern on an empty flour sack next to Momma's baking. It's perfect to sew her new outfit! Imagine Valeta's surprise when she gets to school, and she finds all the girls wearing new dresses made of flower sacks. This wonderful story by author Nina Bricko shares the exuberant energy and imagination of a young girl during the Great Depression of the 1930s and the make-do attitude embraced by the whole country. For a time, we were a nation of Flour Sack Girls. And that can-do spirit is still strong today. Follow NinaBricko.com for more can-do recipes, stories, paper dolls, crafts, podcasts, and more.