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The gold miner's daughter a melodramatic fairytale

Gracie Pearl has until sundown to find some gold to pay the rent to Mr. Bigglebottom, or he will take back the family gold mine and force her to marry him.

Main Author: Hopkins, Jackie.
Other Authors: Goodell, Jon (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree Publishers, 2006.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Varner, Jackie R. tribute.
Gold miners > Juvenile fiction.
Characters and characteristics in literature > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books for children.
Summary: Gracie Pearl has until sundown to find some gold to pay the rent to Mr. Bigglebottom, or he will take back the family gold mine and force her to marry him.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 1561453625
9781561453627
Author Notes: JACKIE MIMS HOPKINS is a storyteller, a school librarian and a former teacher. She is the author of The Gold Miner's Daughter: A Melodramatic Fairy Tale, The Three Armadillies Tuff, and The Horned Toad Prince, among other books. She lives near Houston, Texas.

JON GOODELL is a popular illustrator of nearly a dozen books for children, including Zigazak! A Magical Hanukkah Night; Mother, Mother, I Want Another; and Merry Christmas, Merry Crow. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma.

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