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Appelt, Kathi

The Best Kind of Gift

32 pp. | HarperCollins | April, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-688-15392-5 $$16.99 | Library ISBN 0-688-15393-3 $$17.89
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Paul Brett Johnson. To welcome the new preacher, members of Jory's family assemble a blackberry pie, a pail of milk, a sack of feed corn, and a basket of eggs. Jory wants to contribute but feels that he's too small to do so until Grandpa shows him a gift that he can give from the heart: a bag of skipping stones. The story has a satisfying arc, and its rural Southern flavor and warm, placid illustrations give it a down-to-earth sensibility.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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