| Growing Gold Contributor(s): Wrenn, Tom (Illustrator), Venkatraman, Padma (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874838606 ISBN-13: 9780874838602 Publisher: August House Publishers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: April 2008 Annotation: In this story from India, a farmer's three lazy sons don't want to work, they just want to make a lot of gold. When their mother tells them about gold buried in the field, they discover the value of a good day's work. Click for more in this series: Rise and Shine |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Asia |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2007031937 |
| Age Level: 4-8 |
| Grade Level: PreK-3 |
| Lexile Measure: 550(Not Available) |
| Series: Rise and Shine |
| Physical Information: 0.11" H x 7.37" W x 7.89" L (0.22 lbs) 32 pages |
| Features: Ikids, Illustrated |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 124011 Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 3 lazy sons are about to discover that hard work presents a golden outcome. Growing Gold provides a touching story about a struggling farmer and his wife who work very hard each day in order to grow their food and support their family. Unfortunately, their three sons are very lazy and do not help their parents at all. The boys just sit and dream about gold all day as the parents struggle. Frustrated, the clever mother devises a plan to get her sons to appreciate the value and reward of hard work. She tells her sons about the gold buried under the ground in their fields and that they must work the fields in order to pull the gold up from the ground. Her story works as her sons learn about the value of hard work when they are rewarded with a field of gold.This Indian folktale about a mother and son will teach readers about the importance of resourcefulness, respect and responsibility. August House Publishers provides an animated version of Growing Gold as well as free lesson plans |
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