One Potato, Two Potato | Cynthia DeFelice | A fun book to read and re-read time and time again.

One Potato, Two Potato | Cynthia DeFelice | Another winner from DeFelice!

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	One Potato, Two Potato Cynthia DeFelice Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2006 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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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.

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A fun book to read and re-read time and time again.

I really enjoyed this book. The story sounded a lot like one I had heard as a kid many years ago, but this one was different. It had a sweeter ending. It is 30 pages long with pretty good text and very good illustrations.

The story is about an old husband-wife farming team who is poor and frugal. One day when their food supply was about to run out they found a large magical iron pot buried on their land which duplicates whatever is put into it. They put some necessaries in the pot and some money - out came twice as much as was put in. The most interesting thing was that the pot worked on people just as it did on things.

I probably would have liked the book better if the main characters had not been so poor and simple. I did not see the point in it. But they seemed like such nice people. 5 stars!

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Another winner from DeFelice!

One Potato, Two Potato is exactly the kind of book I love using with my students! It pulls them in and keeps them guessing and excited til the end. I always know Mrs. DeFelice's picture books are kid friendly and fun to share!

One Potato, Two Potato

This is a sweet story of love and caring with a surprising magical element. The illustrations by Andrea U'Ren support and carry the story beautifully. A delightful book!

An unexpected largess and dilemma.

Mr. and Mrs. O'Grady dirt poor and have to share all their raggedy belongings - one potato a day, one blanket, etc. Yet all they want in life is one friend apiece, so when a magic pot unearthed in the garden produces double of everything, their wishes seem to come true - or do they? Andrea U'Ren's drawings are a fun accompaniment to an unexpected largess and dilemma.

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