Lucky beans
By: by Becky Birtha ; illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
Contributors: Tadgell, Nicole, 1969- ill
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807547823
Subjects: History; Depressions; Contests; African Americans; Family life; Arithmetic; Fiction
Description: During the Great Depression, Marshall, an African American boy, uses lessons learned in arithmetic class and guidance from his mother to figure out how many beans are in a jar in order to win her a new sewing machine in a contest.