The Hard-Times Jar
The Hard-Times Jar A look at the life of migrant workers through a child's eyesEmma Turner loves books and dreams of one day having the store-bought kind, but the Turners are migrant workers and…
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The Hard-Times Jar
A look at the life of migrant workers through a child's eyesEmma Turner loves books and dreams of one day having the store-bought kind, but the Turners are migrant workers and money is tight. Emma has a plan, though - she's going to save all the money she earns picking apples and put it in Mama's hard-times jar. That means "no extras," so Emma must be content to make her own stories and books.
But when Mama tells Emma that this year she has to go to school instead of to work, it spoils everything. Then there will surely be enough for extras. Now she will never own a store-bought book But school turns out to have a wonderful surprise in store for Emma.Based on Ethel Footman Smothers's childhood, the story is brought to life with lush acrylic paintings, giving us a touching portrait of a book-hungry