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By the Great Horn Spoon

by Sid Fleischman

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ISBN13: 9780316286121
ISBN10: 0316286125
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Jack very nearly jumped a foot. "By the Great Horn Spoon!" he yelled. "Look!"

"I see it!" "Pay dirt!" and Praiseworthy exclaimed, "Yeller as can be!"

The gold revealed itself like bits of sunlight trapped in the loosened earth. The two partners flung their hats in the air. In sheer exuberance they clasped arms and swung around and around in the oblong pit. "We've done it, Jack, we've done it!" Praiseworthy roared. "We've struck it rich!

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Sid Fleischman is a Newbery Award-winning author who has written many distinguished books for children over the past several decades. He lives and works in California.
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soccerlegend11, May 6, 2008 (view all comments by soccerlegend11)
By The Great Horn Spoon is one of the world's interesting books!!
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hawaiiteachergirl, April 27, 2008 (view all comments by hawaiiteachergirl)
I use this book for our study of the California Gold Rush. The students in my class, including the girls, are really enjoying it (we are reading it now). As we read, they search for figurative language (oodles of it!), examples of Praiseworthy's cleverness, nicknames, and Praiseworthy's character traits/evidence of such (I have made it into a contest). I find the book to be very enjoyable and it provides lots of good information about the California Gold Rush in a fun format.
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asdf, August 9, 2007 (view all comments by asdf)
What a dog of a book. It was assigned reading by my fourth grader's teacher, but my daughter hated it, I hated it, even the school librarian (politely) said she hated it. This was definitely not my idea of pleasure reading.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780316286121
ill.:
Von Schmidt, Eric
Author:
Von Schmidt, Eric
Author:
Fleischman, Sid
Author:
Von Schmidt, Eric
Publisher:
Little Brown and Company
Location:
Boston
Subject:
California
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Children's fiction
Subject:
Action & Adventure
Subject:
People & Places - United States
Subject:
Historical - United States - 19th Century
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical
Subject:
Gold mines and mining
Subject:
Action & Adventure - General
Subject:
California Gold discoveries.
Copyright:
1988
Series Volume:
no. 579
Publication Date:
April 1988
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
, Yes
Pages:
193
Dimensions:
7.54x5.00x.55 in. .30 lbs.
Age Level:
09-12
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