The Big Green Pocketbook by Candice F. Ransom; Illustrated by Felicia Bond
	List Price:   $6.99 Unit Price:   $5.59 You Save:   $1.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0064433951 ISBN-13:   9780064433952 Publisher:   HarperCollins Edition:   illustrated Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   May 1995 Pages:   32 Format:   Paperback Ages:   4 to 7 Grades:   ps to 2
Awards
1953  Caldecott Medal  Nominee/Honoree  1985  Beehive Children's Fictional Book Award  Winner!  1980  Mark Twain Award  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Children's Book Award (Colorado) (USA)  Winner!
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
On her day in town with her mother, a little girl starts off with an empty big green pocketbook-just like her mother's-and along the way collects pieces of her day to put inside, inventing stories for each treasure. ?Studded with inventive imagery.... A playful and most suitable setting for this winsome story with its timeless theme.'-Publishers Weekly. ? Bond's cheerful illlustrations show a lively youngster exploring and enjoying the world around her.'-SLJ. 1993 'Pick of the Lists' (ABA)