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Author:

Smothers, Ethel Footman.

Title:

The hard-times jar / Ethel Footman Smothers ; pictures by John Holyfield.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Migrant labor--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Holyfield, John, ill.

Notes:

"Frances Foster books.".

Summary:

Emma, the daughter of poor migrant workers, longs to own a real book, and when she turns eight and must attend school for the first time, she is amazed to discover a whole library in her classroom.

Indexed by:

BCCB Recommended.
Kirkus 07/01/2003.
PW 07/28/2003.
SLJ Oct 2003.
Bklst 08/01/2003.

ISBN:

0374328528
9780374328528

Locations:

WCPC115 -- Alta Community Library (Alta)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

FKPA224 -- Farmersburg Public Library (Farmersburg)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

YMPD532 -- Monticello Public Library (Monticello)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

YOPB532 -- Olin Public Library (Olin)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City) — F K-2 Smo

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

VQPC384 -- Reinbeck Public Library (Reinbeck)

XFPB697 -- Stanton Public Library (Stanton)

MRPB553 -- Titonka Public Library (Titonka)

CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)