Spuds / by Karen Hesse ; illustrated by Wendy Watson.
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TextPublication details: New York : Scholastic Press, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN: - 0439879930 (hardcover) :
- 9780439879934 (hardcover) :
- A Junior Library Guild selection
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Hesse, Karen | Available | 33111005543612 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With the thought of Ma working so hard for so little, Maybelle and her brothers brew up an idea to surprise her. They will rescue the stray potatoes from a farmer's field that were just left to rot in the ground. As the children gather "spuds" in the frosty dirt under the blanket of night, they hide from passing cars in a joyful autumn-night dance. They can almost taste Ma's mouthwatering spuds--sliced thin as fingernails and fried up crusty brown, hot, and sparkling with salt. Won't Ma be surprised? But Ma's reaction to their good-hearted gift is not what the children anticipated. How will they set things right? Only Karen Hesse could construct such a delicate and delicious narrative, filled with stunning images and overflowing with love. Wendy Watson's glowing, moonlight-drenched art perfectly compliments the story.
Maybelle, Jack, and Eddie want to help Ma by putting something extra on the table, so they set out in the dark to take potatoes from a nearby field, but when they arrive home and empty their potato sacks, they are surprised by what they see.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 4.0 0.5
A Junior Library Guild selection