The Best Kind of Gift

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Harper Collins, Apr 15, 2003 - Juvenile Fiction - 32 pages
Hoo-whee!

The folks in Dogwood are abuzz with excitement when a new parson comes to lead their congregation. The whole town gets busy preparing a pounding -- where everyone brings "a pound o' this and a pound o' that" to make Brother Harper feel more at home.

Jory Timmons wants so badly to give the perfect gift to Brother Harper. But it seems that he is too small to do anything right! He can't light a stove to bake a pie like Mama, and he isn't strong enough to carry a sack of corn like his older brother, Thomas.

But in this lively tale, loaded with country charm, Jory Timmons learns that the best gifts are given when he is simply being himself.

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About the author (2003)

Kathi Appelt is the award-winning author of many children's books, including Bat Jamboree, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, and Incredible Me!, illustrated by G. Brian Karas. Ms. Appelt teaches creative writing to both children and adults and lives in College Station, Texas. A native of Mousie, Kentucky, Paul Brett Johnson is a two-time recipient of the Kentucky Bluegrass Award and winner of the California Young Readers Medal. He has written and illustrated many young children's books, including The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down, which was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Fearless Jack, and The Goose Who Went Off In a Huff. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

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