Based on the life of beloved author-illustrator Patricia Polaccoâ€™s own amazing grandmother, this wonderful celebration of reading and community is as exhilarating as it is heartwarming.

The Mermaid's Purse

Based on the life of beloved author-illustrator Patricia Polaccoâ€™s own amazing grandmother, this wonderful celebration of reading and community is as exhilarating as it is heartwarming.
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Young Stella loves books so much, her books begin to take over the farmhouse. â€œWhy, Stell, you need your own library to hold those books,â€ her pa tells her, so he and the neighbors build her one! She calls it â€œthe Mermaidâ€™s Purse,â€ since the midwife said Stella was born in one. Stella opens the Purse to her neighbors and travels around the countryside, sharing her books door-to-door. Not everyone gives them a chance at first, like grouchy Pig Ears Lonsberry. But farmer Dunkle sure changes his mind when information in a book saves his sick sheep. Eventually, everybody comes to love the Mermaidâ€™s Purseâ€”so when a tornado destroys it, scattering Stellaâ€™s precious books far and wide, the whole community rallies to help.
Country USA
Brand Putnam
Manufacturer G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780399166921
Color White
ReleaseDate 2016-10-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399166921

Country	USA
Brand	Putnam
Manufacturer	G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780399166921
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2016-10-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399166921

The Mermaid's Purse