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K-Gr 3 DeFelice employs her considerable storytelling skills to give an old Chinese folktale an Irish twist. Mr. and Mrs. O -Grady are so poor that they have only one of everything, and the little they have is raggedy at that. With only one potato to share for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, it -s no wonder they are -so skinny they [can] sit side by side on one chair -&. - But when Mr. O -Grady finds an old pot in his field and dro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Kindly old Mr. and Mrs. O'Grady subsist on the single potato their hardscrabble soil yields each day. They have no more than one of anything else, either, be it blanket, candle, or hairpin. While digging their very last potato, Mr. O'Grady finds a huge pot, puts the potato in it — and takes out two. Quick to catch on, the couple is soon dupli...Log In or Sign Up to Read More