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Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Delly Porter enjoys the feel of soft dirt beneath her feet as she walks to and from school, but after a classmate makes her feel ashamed of having no shoes she learns that her parents and others, too, see value in things that do not cost money.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, tells of how a poor Ghanaian boy buys a chicken through a community loan program, which eventually helps lift him, his mother, and his community out of poverty.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This retelling of a Chinese folktale pays tribute to the author's Irish heritage, and to the joys of an old marriage, new friendships, and the impulse to share. A very poor, humble couple live so simple a life they share everything, until the husband discovers a pot with magical powers buried under the very last potato in the garden.
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