The Hard-Times Jar
- SKU: 9780374328528
- Category: Activity Books, Children's Fiction, Coloring Books, Comic Books for Kids ...
A look at the life of migrant workers through a child's eyes
Emma Turner loves books and dreams of one day having the store-bought kind, but the Turners are migrant workers and money is tight. That means "no extras," so Emma must be content to make her own stories and books. Emma has a plan, though - she's going to save all the money she earns picking apples and put it in Mama's hard-times jar. Then there will surely be enough for extras. But when Mama tells Emma that this year she has to go to school instead of to work, it spoils everything. Now she will never own a store-bought book But school turns out to have a wonderful surprise in store for Emma.
Based on Ethel Footman Smothers's childhood, the story is brought to life with lush acrylic paintings, giving us a touching portrait of a book-hungry child.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Ethel Footman Smothers
Publisher: Frances Foster Books
Published: 08/12/2003
ISBN: 9780374328528
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 11.38h x 9.05w x 0.43d
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/01/2003 pg. 915
Publishers Weekly 07/28/2003 pg. 94
Booklist 08/01/2003 pg. 1995
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2003 pg. 36
School Library Journal 10/01/2003 pg. 138
Christian Home & School 01/01/2004 pg. 29
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 63 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 63 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 70400 / Hard-Times Jar
Reading Level: 3.1 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
A look at the life of migrant workers through a child's eyes
Emma Turner loves books and dreams of one day having the store-bought kind, but the Turners are migrant workers and money is tight. That means "no extras," so Emma must be content to make her own stories and books. Emma has a plan, though - she's going to save all the money she earns picking apples and put it in Mama's hard-times jar. Then there will surely be enough for extras. But when Mama tells Emma that this year she has to go to school instead of to work, it spoils everything. Now she will never own a store-bought book But school turns out to have a wonderful surprise in store for Emma.
Based on Ethel Footman Smothers's childhood, the story is brought to life with lush acrylic paintings, giving us a touching portrait of a book-hungry child.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Ethel Footman Smothers
Publisher: Frances Foster Books
Published: 08/12/2003
ISBN: 9780374328528
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 11.38h x 9.05w x 0.43d
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/01/2003 pg. 915
Publishers Weekly 07/28/2003 pg. 94
Booklist 08/01/2003 pg. 1995
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2003 pg. 36
School Library Journal 10/01/2003 pg. 138
Christian Home & School 01/01/2004 pg. 29
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 63 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 63 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 70400 / Hard-Times Jar
Reading Level: 3.1 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
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