Tucky Jo and Little Heart / Patricia Polacco.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781481415842 (hardcover)
- 1481415840 (hardcover)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | Historical Events | Polacco Patricia | Available | 33111008112639 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Historical Events | Polacco Patricia | Available | 33111008092062 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Friendship, loyalty, and kindness stand the test of time in this heartwarming World War II-era picture book based on a true story from the beloved author-illustrator of Pink and Say and The Keeping Quilt .
Tucky Jo was known as the "kid from Kentucky" when he enlisted in the army at age fifteen. Being the youngest recruit in the Pacific during World War II was tough. But he finds a friend in a little girl who helps him soothe his bug bites, and he gets to know her family and gives them some of his rations. Although the little girl doesn't speak English, Tucky Jo and Little Heart share the language of kindness. Many years later, Tucky Jo and Little Heart meet again, and an act of kindness is returned when it's needed the most in this touching picture book based on a true story.
Ages 4-8.
"A Paula Wiseman Book."
A fifteen-year-old soldier in World War II meets a sweet young girl in the Philippines who helps him remember what he is fighting for as he helps her and others of her village avoid starvation, and many years later she returns his kindness.