{"product_id":"9780374328528-the-hard-times-jar","title":"Smothers Ethel Footman - The Hard - Times Jar - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: A look at the life of migrant workers through a child's eyes Emma Turner loves books and dreams of one day having the store - bought kind but the Turners are migrant workers and money is tight. That means \"no extras \" so Emma must be content to make her own stories and books. Emma has a plan though - she's going to save all the money she earns picking apples and put it in Mama's hard - times jar. Then there will surely be enough for extras. But when Mama tells Emma that this year she has to go to school instead of to work it spoils everything. Now she will never own a store - bought book! But school turns out to have a wonderful surprise in store for Emma. Based on Ethel Footman Smothers's childhood the story is brought to life with lush acrylic paintings giving us a touching portrait of a book - hungry child.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Hard - Times Jar\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Smothers Ethel Footman, John Holyfield\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Farrar Straus And Giroux (Byr)\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780374328528\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 32 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 8\/12\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: School Stories (Children's \/ Teenage)","brand":"Smothers Ethel Footman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49595119993137,"sku":"IN-G-9780374328528","price":17.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780374328528.jpg?v=1724364580","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780374328528-the-hard-times-jar","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}