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Lucky beans Cover Image Book Book

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

Birtha, Becky, 1948- (Author). 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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780807547823 (hc)
  • ISBN: 0807547824 (hc)
  • Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
  • Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 2010.

Contents / Notes

Target Audience Note:
005-009.

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United States > History > 1919-1933 > Juvenile fiction.

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