| Work and More Work Contributor(s): Little, Linda (Author), Pérez, Óscar (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1554983835 ISBN-13: 9781554983834 Publisher: Groundwood Books OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Exploration & Discovery - Juvenile Fiction | Business, Careers, Occupations - Juvenile Fiction | Technology - General |
| Dewey: E |
| Lexile Measure: 790 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.7" W x 11.1" (1.00 lbs) 32 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tom lives in the countryside in the mid 1800s, and he's curious -- what is it like in the town, the city, and the world beyond? It's all "work and more work," everyone tells him. Determined to find out for himself, Tom sets off with a bit of bread and cheese in a bundle . . . He encounters crowded marketplaces, bustling wharves, and storms on the high seas. In China he sees how tea is made; in India he watches men make deep blue dye from indigo; in Ceylon he marvels at the skill of cinnamon peelers. Eventually he returns home with stories and gifts, showing his parents the riches to be found all over the world. This wonderful book includes an illustrated afterword about the different kinds of work mentioned in the story, work that was done when, in the days before steam, nothing moved except through the power of wind, water, and muscle. |