One Potato, Two Potato

Mr. and Mrs. O'Grady are so poor they have just one of everything to share - one potato a day, one chair, one blanket full of holes, and one gold coin for a rainy day. After digging up the last potato in their patch, Mr. O'Grady comes upon a big black object. It's a pot - no ordinary pot, for what they soon discover is that whatever goes into it comes out doubled! Suddenly the O'Gradys aren't destitute anymore. But what they really long for is one friend apiece. Can the magic pot give them that?

This retelling of a Chinese folktale pays tribute to the author's Irish heritage, and to the joys of an old marriage, new friendships, and the impulse to share. Using pen and gouache, the artist shows the "simple" characters in all their winning complexity.

One Potato, Two Potato is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 08/08/2006
ISBN: 9780374356408
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.20w x 0.40d
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: Bluebonnet Awards - Winner
Award: Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Alabama Camellia Award - Winner

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/01/2006 pg. 676
Publishers Weekly 08/07/2006 pg. 57
School Library Journal 08/01/2006 pg. 80
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2006 pg. 564
Booklist 09/01/2006 pg. 135
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2006 pg. 65 - Recommended
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 23 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 109627 / One Potato, Two Potato
Reading Level: 4.3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5