Gettin' Through Thursday - Softcover

Melrose Cooper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1584300140 ISBN 13: 9781584300144

Publisher: Lee & Low Books, 1998

Synopsis

Since money is tight on Thursdays, the day before his mother's payday, Andre is upset when he realizes that his report card and the promised celebration for making the honor roll will come on a Thursday. Reprint.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-3-In this sweetly didactic story about a single-parent African-American family that's dependent upon Mama's Friday paycheck, the children have been promised a royal celebration if any one of the three makes the honor roll. Consequently, third-grader Andre is thrilled when his teacher tells him he is one of two children in his class to receive that honor. But sadly, report-card day is Thursday, when money is very low, and the child is bitterly disappointed that he can't have his party on the day of his triumph. How his mother and siblings surmount this problem makes a satisfying resolution to the plot. Family love and respect for education are stressed in this believable story. The children complain about the things they can't have right away, but Mama always has a practical suggestion to tide them over. The narrative is conversational and colloquial, written in Andre's words. Strong, tender watercolor-and-colored pencil illustrations spread across facing pages and show the boy at school and the family in their modest but comfortable home.
Patricia Pearl Dole, formerly at First Presbyterian School, Martinsville, VA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1584300140
• ISBN 13: 9781584300144
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Nneka Bennett