Author: Kate Lied
Illustrator: Lisa Campbell Ernst
Genre: Historical Fiction
Grade level: K-3
Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression is a book that takes place during the Great Depression. This story tells a tale of a girl named Dorothy and her family who must move and work as potato farmers for two weeks in Idaho. This is caused because the father loses job after job as well as the family's house. In the end, Dorothy's father found work and moved the family out of the Midwest.
Lisa Campbell Ernst does an amazing job of illustrating the desperation of the family during this extremely hard time during the Great Depression. The illustrations create a clear picture of the story itself and even help aid in telling the story. The pages are even colored like potato sacks.
The author created this story for readers to be able to learn about the Great Depression by relating to a young child going through this situation. This story will encourage students to be thankful for what they have and be aware of what America went through in the time of the Great Depression.
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