Saving Strawberry Farm
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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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Deborah Hopkinson is the award-winning author of numerous critically acclaimed picture books, middle grade fiction, and nonfiction. She lives in Oregon with her family and menagerie of pets.
Rachel Isadora (www.rachelisadora.com) received a Caldecott Honor for Ben’s Trumpet, and has written and illustrated numerous other books for children, including Bea in The Nutcracker, Bea at Ballet, Jake at Gymnastics, Say Hello!, Peekaboo Morning, the Lili at Ballet series, and several classic tales set in Africa (Old Mikamba Had a Farm, The Night Before Christmas, Rapunzel, and The Princess and the Pea). She lives in New York City.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780688174002
- Publication Date
- April 26, 2005
- Publisher
- Greenwillow Books
- Original Publication Date
- April 26, 2005
- Page Count
- 32
- Word Count
- 1640
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 5 - 10 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2003012565
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 671740396
- Lexile® Level
- AD700L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~Q
- ATOS® Book Level
- 3.4
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 87323
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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