Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Smothers, Ethel Footman.

The hard-times jar / Ethel Footman Smothers ; pictures by John Holyfield. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

"Frances Foster books."

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.

AD 520 Lexile.



ISBN: 0374328528

LCCN: 2002026596

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Migrant labor.
Books and reading.
African Americans.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Juvenile fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: E .H761 2003