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The Woman Upstairs
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The Table Where Rich People Sit

by Byrd Baylor

ISBN13: 9780689820083
ISBN10: 0689820089
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"We're poor", Mountain Girl insists at a family meeting around their homemade kitchen table. Her parents, who love the outdoors and their independent way of life, disagree. And as her family attempts to calculate the value of the desert hills, the colors of blooming cactus, and the calls of eagles and great horned owls, Mountain Girl realizes that she, too, knows they are rich beyond measure. Full color.

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As her family attempts to calculate the value of the desert hills, the colors of blooming cactus, and the calls of eagles and great horned owls, a young girl--who has been led astray by the family's lack of material wealth--realizes what really matters. Color illustrations.

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Byrd Baylor lives and writes in Arizona, presenting images of the Southwest and an intense connection between the land and the people. Her prose illustrates vividly the value of simplicity, the natural world, and the balance of life within it.

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: sshhiinneeoonn, April 12, 2010 (view all comments by sshhiinneeoonn)
i have never read it. i think the title is a little misleading... sounds like a good moral.
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780689820083
ill.:: Parnall, Peter
Author:: Parnall, Peter
Illustrator:: Parnell, Peter
Author:: Parnell, Peter
Author:: Baylor, Byrd
Publisher:: Aladdin Paperbacks
Location:: New York :
Subject:: Family - General
Subject:: Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks
Subject:: Nature
Subject:: Family
Subject:: Family life
Subject:: Wealth
Subject:: Social Situations - Values
Subject:: Table setting and decoration
Subject:: Nature & the Natural World - General
Subject:: Social Issues - Values
Subject:: Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction-Values and Virtues
Subject:: Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction
Edition Description:: B221
Series:: Aladdin Picture Books
Series Volume:: A271
Publication Date:: July 1998
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:: Children/juvenile
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 32
Dimensions:: 10 x 8 in 4.13 oz
Children's Book Type:: Picture / Wordless
Age Level:: 07-10

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