| One Potato, Two Potato Contributor(s): DeFelice, Cynthia C. (Author), U'Ren, Andrea (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0374356408 ISBN-13: 9780374356408 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: August 2006 Annotation: This retelling of a Chinese folk tale pays tribute to the author's Irish heritage, and to the joys of an old marriage, new friendships, and the impulse to share. Using pen and gouache, the artist shows the "simple" characters in all their winning complexity. Full color. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2004047217 |
| Age Level: 4-8 |
| Grade Level: PreK-3 |
| Lexile Measure: 630 AD (Adult Directed Text) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 10.2" W x 10.1" L (0.80 lbs) 32 pages |
| Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
| Awards: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Nominee, Picture Book, 2008 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Seven to Ten, 2007 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award, Nominee, Picture Book, 2008 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award, Nominee, Grades K-3, 2008 Bluebonnet Awards, Winner, Children's, 2009 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007), Winner, Gold, 2006 Alabama Camellia Award, Winner, Grades K-1, 2007 |
| Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/01/2006 pg. 676 Publishers Weekly 08/07/2006 pg. 57 School Library Journal 08/01/2006 pg. 80 Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2006 pg. 564 Booklist 09/01/2006 pg. 135 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2006 pg. 65 - Recommended Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 23 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 109627 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mr. and Mrs. O'Grady are so poor they have just one of everything to share - one potato a day, one chair, one blanket full of holes, and one gold coin for a rainy day. After digging up the last potato in their patch, Mr. O'Grady comes upon a big black object. It's a pot - no ordinary pot, for what they soon discover is that whatever goes into it comes out doubled Suddenly the O'Gradys aren't destitute anymore. But what they really long for is one friend apiece. Can the magic pot give them that? This retelling of a Chinese folktale pays tribute to the author's Irish heritage, and to the joys of an old marriage, new friendships, and the impulse to share. Using pen and gouache, the artist shows the simple characters in all their winning complexity. One Potato, Two Potato is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. |
Contributor Bio(s): DeFelice, Cynthia: - Cynthia DeFelice is the author of many bestselling titles for young readers, including the novels Wild Life, The Ghost of Cutler Creek, Signal, and The Missing Manatee, as well as the picture books, One Potato, Two Potato, and Casey in the Bath. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable Children's Books and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, among numerous other honors. Cynthia was born in Philadelphia in 1951. As a child, she was always reading. Summer vacations began with a trip to the bookstore, where she and her sister and brothers were allowed to pick out books for their summer reading. "To me," she says, "those trips to the bookstore were even better than the rare occasions when we were given a quarter and turned loose at the penny-candy store on the boardwalk." Cynthia has worked as a bookseller, a barn painter, a storyteller, and a school librarian. When asked what she loves best about being an author, she can't pick just one answer: "I love the feeling of being caught up in the lives of the characters I am writing about. I enjoy the challenge of trying to write as honestly as I can, and I find enormous satisfaction in hearing from readers that something I wrote touched them, delighted them, made them shiver with fear or shake with laughter, or think about something new." Cynthia and her husband live in Geneva, New York.U'Ren, Andrea: - ANDREA U'REN is the writer/illustrator of Mary Smith, winner of the IRA Children's Book Award. She lives in Portland, Oregon. DeFelice, Cynthia C.: - Cynthia DeFelice is the author of many bestselling titles for young readers, including the novels Wild Life, The Ghost of Cutler Creek, Signal, and The Missing Manatee, as well as the picture books, One Potato, Two Potato, and Casey in the Bath. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable Children's Books and Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, among numerous other honors. Cynthia was born in Philadelphia in 1951. As a child, she was always reading. Summer vacations began with a trip to the bookstore, where she and her sister and brothers were allowed to pick out books for their summer reading. "To me," she says, "those trips to the bookstore were even better than the rare occasions when we were given a quarter and turned loose at the penny-candy store on the boardwalk." Cynthia has worked as a bookseller, a barn painter, a storyteller, and a school librarian. When asked what she loves best about being an author, she can't pick just one answer: "I love the feeling of being caught up in the lives of the characters I am writing about. I enjoy the challenge of trying to write as honestly as I can, and I find enormous satisfaction in hearing from readers that something I wrote touched them, delighted them, made them shiver with fear or shake with laughter, or think about something new." Cynthia and her husband live in Geneva, New York. |
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