The Enormous Potato

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Aubrey Davis

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Dusan Petricic

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kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Enormous Potato written by Aubrey Davis illustrated by Dusan Petricic For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5235

Hardcover Jacket CAD $14.95 978-1-55074-386-9 Paperback CAD $7.95 978-1-55074-669-3 Grades: PreSchool to 2 Ages: 3 to 7 Character Education teamwork Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding folktale Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell H Grade Level 1/2 Reading Recovery 13-14 Accelerated Reader 1.7 LG © 1997 4-color 10 x 9 32 pages	Folk tales give us hope. They show us that we can succeed in spite of apparent problems. And they entertain. Perhaps this accounts for their universal appeal and their amazing ability to survive. "The Enormous Potato" is one such story that has been around for generations. Retold by professional storyteller Aubrey Davis, it shows what can be accomplished when everyone lends a hand to solve a problem. The Enormous Potato begins with a farmer who plants an eye — a potato eye. It grows and grows into an enormous potato. Harvest time comes, but the potato is so big that the farmer can't pull it out. So he calls for help, first to his wife, then to their daughter, then to the dog and so on. Energetic illustrations capture the growing determination of the family to free the potato from the soil and the celebratory feast that follows their success. Awards 1999 Palmares des livres preferes des jeunes (Children’s Favourite Books), Communication-Jeunesse, winner Reviews “A real feast for both the eye and the ear, this is a well-honed tale sure to be a storyteller’s favorite.” — Calgary Herald, November 1997

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Enormous Potato written by Aubrey Davis illustrated by Dusan Petricic For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5235

Hardcover Jacket CAD $14.95 978-1-55074-386-9 Paperback CAD $7.95 978-1-55074-669-3 Grades: PreSchool to 2 Ages: 3 to 7 Character Education teamwork Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding folktale Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell H Grade Level 1/2 Reading Recovery 13-14 Accelerated Reader 1.7 LG © 1997 4-color 10 x 9 32 pages	Folk tales give us hope. They show us that we can succeed in spite of apparent problems. And they entertain. Perhaps this accounts for their universal appeal and their amazing ability to survive. "The Enormous Potato" is one such story that has been around for generations. Retold by professional storyteller Aubrey Davis, it shows what can be accomplished when everyone lends a hand to solve a problem. The Enormous Potato begins with a farmer who plants an eye — a potato eye. It grows and grows into an enormous potato. Harvest time comes, but the potato is so big that the farmer can't pull it out. So he calls for help, first to his wife, then to their daughter, then to the dog and so on. Energetic illustrations capture the growing determination of the family to free the potato from the soil and the celebratory feast that follows their success. Awards 1999 Palmares des livres preferes des jeunes (Children’s Favourite Books), Communication-Jeunesse, winner Reviews “A real feast for both the eye and the ear, this is a well-honed tale sure to be a storyteller’s favorite.” — Calgary Herald, November 1997

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Enormous Potato written by Aubrey Davis illustrated by Dusan Petricic For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5235

Hardcover Jacket CAD $14.95 978-1-55074-386-9 Paperback CAD $7.95 978-1-55074-669-3 Grades: PreSchool to 2 Ages: 3 to 7 Character Education teamwork Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding folktale Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell H Grade Level 1/2 Reading Recovery 13-14 Accelerated Reader 1.7 LG © 1997 4-color 10 x 9 32 pages	Folk tales give us hope. They show us that we can succeed in spite of apparent problems. And they entertain. Perhaps this accounts for their universal appeal and their amazing ability to survive. "The Enormous Potato" is one such story that has been around for generations. Retold by professional storyteller Aubrey Davis, it shows what can be accomplished when everyone lends a hand to solve a problem. The Enormous Potato begins with a farmer who plants an eye — a potato eye. It grows and grows into an enormous potato. Harvest time comes, but the potato is so big that the farmer can't pull it out. So he calls for help, first to his wife, then to their daughter, then to the dog and so on. Energetic illustrations capture the growing determination of the family to free the potato from the soil and the celebratory feast that follows their success. Awards 1999 Palmares des livres preferes des jeunes (Children’s Favourite Books), Communication-Jeunesse, winner Reviews “A real feast for both the eye and the ear, this is a well-honed tale sure to be a storyteller’s favorite.” — Calgary Herald, November 1997

written by Aubrey Davis

illustrated by Dusan Petricic

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Folk tales give us hope. They show us that we can succeed in spite of apparent problems. And they entertain. Perhaps this accounts for their universal appeal and their amazing ability to survive. "The Enormous Potato" is one such story that has been around for generations. Retold by professional storyteller Aubrey Davis, it shows what can be accomplished when everyone lends a hand to solve a problem.

The Enormous Potato begins with a farmer who plants an eye — a potato eye. It grows and grows into an enormous potato. Harvest time comes, but the potato is so big that the farmer can't pull it out. So he calls for help, first to his wife, then to their daughter, then to the dog and so on. Energetic illustrations capture the growing determination of the family to free the potato from the soil and the celebratory feast that follows their success.

Grades: PreSchool to 2
Ages: 3 to 7

© 1997
4-color • 10 x 9 • 32 pages

Curriculum Connections

Character Education
teamwork

Language Arts