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GOLD MINER'S DAUGHTER, THE
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Written by
Jackie Mims Hopkins
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Illustrated by
Jon Goodell
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Hardcover: $15.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-362-7
Total Pages: 32
Size: 10 x 9-1/2
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Picture Books, ages 4-8/Fiction
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JACKIE MIMS HOPKINS is a storyteller, a school librarian and a former teacher. She is the author of several children's books. She lives in Texas.
You can visit Jackie Mims Hopkins's website at: www.jackiemimshopkins.com
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JON GOODELL is the illustrator of nearly a dozen books for children, including Zigazak! A Magical Hanukkah Night; Mother, Mother, I Want Another; and Merry Christmas, Merry Crow. He lives in Oklahoma.
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A MELODRAMATIC FAIRY TALE
This hysterical collision of fairy tales, Perils of Pauline style melodrama, and the Gold Rush West cries out for audience participation.
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Accelerated Reader & Reading Counts Tests:
Reading Counts Test #: Q43329
Reading Counts Level: 4.0
AR Quiz#: 103187
AR Reading Level: 3.8
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GRACIE PEARL LIVES with her pa deep in the heart of gold minin' country. But the mine is empty and the two have fallen on hard times. Now the villainous banker Mr. Bigglebottom wants them to pay back the money they owe him or he plans to take Gracie Pearl as his wife.
As Gracie goes in search of gold she encounters a series of characters young readers will find strangely familiar--from a blonde girl who ate Bigglebottom's porridge and is now pursued by three bears to a very long-haired girl whom he has locked up in a tower.
Through clever plotting, charmingly drawn characters and a well-tuned ear for dialect, Hopkins has crafted another first-rate fairy tale, raucously brought to life by Goodell. Humorous asides sprinkled throughout the text encourage young readers to play along with the story and its surprise ending will please young and old alike.
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Reviews
"Goodell's delightful and action-packed illustrations feature expressive characters and plenty of visual humor." School Library Journal
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Awards
* 2007 Kansas State Reading Circle (primary)
* Finalist, 2007 Oklahoma Book Awards (design/illustration category)
* Nominee, 2007-2008 Black-Eyed Susan Award
* Nominee, 2007-2008 Horned Toad Tales Award (TX)
* Nominee, 2008 Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award
* Nominee, 2008 Charlotte Award (intermediate list) (NY)
* Nominee, 2008-2009 Show Me Readers Award (MO)
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