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Author:

Birtha, Becky, 1948-

Title:

Lucky beans / by Becky Birtha ; illustrated by Nicole Tadgell.

Publisher:

Albert Whitman & Co.,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Contests--Juvenile fiction.
Arithmetic--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Depressions--1929--United States--Juvenile fiction.
United States--History--1919-1933--Juvenile fiction.
Contests--Fiction.
Arithmetic--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Depressions--1929--Fiction.
United States--History--1919-1933--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Tadgell, Nicole, 1969- ill.

Summary:

During the Great Depression, Marshall, an African American boy, uses lessons learned in arithmetic class and guidance from his mother to figure out how many beans are in a jar in order to win her a new sewing machine in a contest.

ISBN:

0807547824 (hc)
9780807547823 (hc)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)426252716

LCCN:

2009023901

Locations:

MIPA194 -- Alta Vista Public Library (Alta Vista)

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

ZKPC437 -- Logan Public Library (Logan)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)