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The hired hand
an African-American folktale
By San Souci, Robert D. & Pinkney, Jerry
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80371-297-3
- Publisher
- New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1997.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1997
K-Gr 4 The Hired Hand explores the danger associated with stealing someone's magic. It echoes this talented team's collaboration for The Talking Eggs (Dial, 1989) in its distinguished appearance, understated mood, straightforward retelling, and even pace. The story spins around a New Hand at a sawmill who returns youthfulness to an old man, and a miller's son who tries unsuccessfully to duplicate that feat for profit. San Souci makes a choice in favor of "softening the heavy use of dialect," found in the origi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
