Saving Strawberry Farm

Awards:   Short-listed for Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award 2007 Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Grades K-3) 2009
Author:   Deborah Hopkinson ,  Rachel Isadora
Publisher:   Greenwillow Books
ISBN:  

9780688174002


Pages:   32
Publication Date:   26 April 2005
Recommended Age:   From 5 to 10 years
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Awards

  • Short-listed for Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award 2007
  • Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Grades K-3) 2009

Overview

One penny. In the hot, mean summer of 1933, a penny is enough to buy caramels or red hots or peppermint sticks or licorice strings. Is it enough to buy Miss Elsie's Strawberry Farm? There's only one way to find out. Davey takes a deep breath and shouts, One penny for Strawberry Farm! Set during the Great Depression, and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Rachel Isadora, Saving Strawberry Farm brings Davey's Midwestern town to life as friends and neighbors plan to save the farm the only way they can -- with a secret penny auction!

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Author:   Deborah Hopkinson ,  Rachel Isadora
Publisher:   Greenwillow Books
Imprint:   Greenwillow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 26.30cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 26.10cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9780688174002


ISBN 10:   0688174000
Pages:   32
Publication Date:   26 April 2005
Recommended Age:   From 5 to 10 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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Hopkinson, with her remarkable talent for bringing small incidents of history to life, tells a touching tale of generosity in the midst of the poverty of the Great Depression. Davey and Little Rose can remember when things were better, when Dad worked regularly, they drank lemonade with ice delivered by the iceman, wore new clothes and ate meat. Now times are hard for them . . . and just about everyone they know. When news circulates that Miss Elsie is about to lose her beloved strawberry farm to the bank, shopkeeper Mr. Russell comes up with the idea of a penny auction, where everyone in the bidding group agrees to keep the prices low. The children get in on the plan by secretly showing all their friends a new penny and the adults get the picture right away. When it comes down to the auction, the plan works like a charm. The pictures have some of the quality of the familiar photographs of the time, but the almost garish colors seem out of context for this inspiring Depression-era story. (author's note) (Picture book. 4-7) (Kirkus Reviews)


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