The House on Dirty-Third Street

Jo S. Kittinger

Peachtree Pub Limited, Mar 1, 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 32 pages

A mother and daughter turn a hopeless old house into a loving family home with faith, hard work, and the support of their community.
When a girl and her mother are forced to start over, they find themselves feeling isolated and defeated. Longing for their former neighborhood and friends, and overwhelmed by the repairs their new house needs, they finally realize they can't do everything alone - the only way to make things better is to ask for help. They both learn that when you reach out to the community, people answer with kindness. As the house gets rebuilt, so does their sense of belonging.
The House On Dirty-Third Street will touch the heart of anyone who has faced starting over in difficult circumstances.

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Review: The House on Dirty-Third Street

User Review  - Monica! - Goodreads

I was lamenting just the other day that most of the new “Easy” books at my library are wildly useless for my storytimes, because they either a) seem incredibly forced, b) feature concepts that'll go ...

Review: The House on Dirty-Third Street

User Review  - Yoo Kyung Sung - Goodreads

It is a good story without tokenism on single parenting or socio-economy tension in community. A good realistic fiction with hopeful plot. The illustration is great! The illustrator, Thomas Gonzalez, is from Havana, Cuba.

About the author

Jo S. Kittinger is a graduate of the University of Montevallo and the author of a number of children's books.

Thomas Gonzalez was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to the United States as a child. An artist and painter, he directed campaigns for clients such as Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, NASCAR, the NFL, and McDonald?s. 14 Cows for America is the first book he illustrated. Gonzalez lives in Georgia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The House on Dirty-Third Street
• Author: Jo S. Kittinger
• Illustrated by: Thomas Gonzalez
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Peachtree Pub Limited, 2012
• ISBN: 1561456195, 9781561456192
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Lifestyles / City & Town Life; Juvenile Fiction / Religious / Christian / General; Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Values & Virtues