Gettin' Through Thursday - Hardcover

Melrose Cooper

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1880000679 ISBN 13: 9781880000670

Publisher: Lee & Low Books, 1998

Synopsis

Young Andre, raised with his older siblings by a single mother, has made the honor roll and has been promised a party to celebrate, but he worries how his financially struggling mother can afford to keep that promise.

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: 1880000679
• ISBN 13: 9781880000670
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Nneka Bennett