The Hard-Times Jar

A look at the life of migrant workers through a child's eyes Emma Turner loves books and...
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SKU: 9780374328528
Product Type: Books
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Author: Ethel Footman Smothers
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The Hard-Times Jar by Smothers, Ethel Footman

The Hard-Times Jar

¥4,801

The Hard-Times Jar

¥4,801
Author: Ethel Footman Smothers
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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.

Author: Ethel Footman Smothers
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 08/12/2003
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 11.38h x 9.05w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9780374328528
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 70400 / Hard-Times Jar


Review Citation(s):
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

About the Author

Ethel Footman Smothers lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

John Holyfield lives in Fairfax Station, Virginia.


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