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Growing up rich in a poor family, volume 2 : 13 new childhood memories from the great depression / Doris Hermundstad Liffrig ; Melissa Gordon, illustrator.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington, Ind. : iUniverse Com, 2013.Description: 80 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1475996160
  • 9781475996166
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
A new beginning -- "Mama! Our house stinks" -- "Boopie" -- "Doris, get the dish towel, quick!" -- Doris vs the rooster -- Toothaches or dentists? -- A quarter's worth of truth -- Selling popcorn -- The Spitzi mailbox -- The annual school picnic -- The sad demise of the velvet jacket -- The water witch -- "Good morning! This is Kfyr-Bismarck" -- Editor's note.
Summary: "Growing Up Rich in a Poor Family teaches the human reality that 'excess does not equal happiness,' bringing a basic Gospel voice that is delightfully hopeful. In bringing a lesson about choices, imagination, and creativity through the story of her own childhood. Doris invites children into truth and wholeness of being. She gives loving and wise awareness to children, parents and grandparents who can know what 'growing up rich' is a perspective of heart."--Page 4 of cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Liffrig, D. L722 Available 33111008525954
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In sharing memories of her humble childhood, Doris Hermundstad Liffrig reminds us that material possessions and creature comforts are not necessary for a happy home.

Growing Up Rich in a Poor Family teaches the human reality that excess does not equal happiness,' bringing a basic Gospel voice that is delightfully hopeful. In bringing a lesson about choices, imagination, and creativity through the story of her own childhood, Doris invites children into truth and wholeness of being. She gives loving and wise awareness to children, parents and grandparents who can know that growing up rich' is a perspective of heart.

-Msgr. James P. Shea

President, University of Mary

A new beginning -- "Mama! Our house stinks" -- "Boopie" -- "Doris, get the dish towel, quick!" -- Doris vs the rooster -- Toothaches or dentists? -- A quarter's worth of truth -- Selling popcorn -- The Spitzi mailbox -- The annual school picnic -- The sad demise of the velvet jacket -- The water witch -- "Good morning! This is Kfyr-Bismarck" -- Editor's note.

"Growing Up Rich in a Poor Family teaches the human reality that 'excess does not equal happiness,' bringing a basic Gospel voice that is delightfully hopeful. In bringing a lesson about choices, imagination, and creativity through the story of her own childhood. Doris invites children into truth and wholeness of being. She gives loving and wise awareness to children, parents and grandparents who can know what 'growing up rich' is a perspective of heart."--Page 4 of cover.

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