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Popcorn at the Palace
By McCully, Emily Arnold
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15277-699-2
- Publisher
- San Diego : Browndeer Press, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1997
K-Gr 3 In an author's note, McCully distinguishes fact from fiction in this picture book about a pioneer entrepreneur. Olmsted Ferris, Concurrance Ann, and their daughter, Maisie, are considered oddities by their traditional neighbors. Mustard, canary seed, and popcorn are not standard crops in Galesburg, IL, in the mid-1800s. But the man perseveres, and when Maisie explains their unusual-looking cornstalks to a visiting...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
