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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...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
August 8th 2006
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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I found this to be sort of strange. It was shortly longer than I expected and a little longer than I would have liked. This book is about a couple, the O'Grady's, who are so poor they picked one potato each day and shared it for all three meals. They were lucky to have the one potato they felt.
One day, while potato digging, Mr. O'Grady finds a huge pot buried in the dirt and carries it home to the Mrs. On the way he dropped the one potato in because, after all, he only had two arms and they wer...more
One day, while potato digging, Mr. O'Grady finds a huge pot buried in the dirt and carries it home to the Mrs. On the way he dropped the one potato in because, after all, he only had two arms and they wer...more
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The O'gradys are so poor, they share everything in their old house, until the day comes they dig up a mysterious object in their potato field.
The pictures in this story almost seem to be close to a photo like painting. They have very distinct objects. In the O'gradys house it shows that they truely do share everything because there is very little things inside their small house of theirs. This would be a great story to share with a classroom because it just goes to show a lot comes to people who...more
The pictures in this story almost seem to be close to a photo like painting. They have very distinct objects. In the O'gradys house it shows that they truely do share everything because there is very little things inside their small house of theirs. This would be a great story to share with a classroom because it just goes to show a lot comes to people who...more
I loved this story. Mr. and Mrs. O'Grady are very poor with only one potato per day to share. While digging up the last potato, Mr. O'Grady finds something that can't be a potato. In fact, it's a pot. The O'Grady's soon find the pot can double anything thrown inside. They are able to make more potatoes, another blanket and another coat. Finally, Mrs. O'Grady takes out their only gold piece and they multiply the gold until it is laying all over the floor. There's a cute twist at the end. Then, th...more
A poor old couple discover a black pot in their potato garden. They quickly discover that it has magical powers. One potato dropped in becomes two. One hairpin becomes two. The couple become excited and begin doubling most of their meager belongings, including a gold coin which quickly becomes quite a stash. The husband heads off to town to purchase much needed sundries. While he's away his wife trips and falls into the pot. You got it, she becomes two. Well, there's nothing for it except for th...more
DeFelice, Cynthia C., and Andrea U'Ren. One Potato, Two Potato. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006. Print.
Genre: Picture Book
The illustrations, done by Andrea U’Ren, stay to true the story that Cynthia Defelice is telling. Each page has a picture to match the action that is occurring in the book. The color scheme that is used is very basic and limited. This is done to address the condition the poor O’Grady’s live in. This book is good for children to understand that sometimes only the basic n...more
Genre: Picture Book
The illustrations, done by Andrea U’Ren, stay to true the story that Cynthia Defelice is telling. Each page has a picture to match the action that is occurring in the book. The color scheme that is used is very basic and limited. This is done to address the condition the poor O’Grady’s live in. This book is good for children to understand that sometimes only the basic n...more
Mr. and Mrs. O’Grady don’t have much, but the content couple finds a magical pot and their luck changes.
The moral of the story is a very key one, and one that I think many students, especially students from low socio-economic schools, would appreciate it. Inner city students or students from low-income families can easily relate to the lives that Mr. and Mrs. O’Grady live. By hearing that the couple didn’t have much, but were grateful and were rewarded in the end, is probably a welcomed concept....more
The moral of the story is a very key one, and one that I think many students, especially students from low socio-economic schools, would appreciate it. Inner city students or students from low-income families can easily relate to the lives that Mr. and Mrs. O’Grady live. By hearing that the couple didn’t have much, but were grateful and were rewarded in the end, is probably a welcomed concept....more
I really enjoyed everything about this story. It was humorous and full of excitement. It successfully delivered a message about valuing what you are fortunate enough to have in life. It also showed the importance of not becoming too greedy and only taking what you need to get by. The elderly couple in the story was easy to relate to because they had a similar outlook on life to that of my own grandparents. Once they had received what they needed they buried the magic pot so that someone else wou...more
I’m predicting this will be next year’s winning book. Mr. and Mrs. O’Grady are terribly poor, so poor they must share everything, even their blanket, their coat, and, each day, a single potato. Then Mr. O’Grady digs up a black pot with the mysterious power to double everything put into it. The O’Gradys are now magnificently rich. Then Mrs. O’Grady falls into the pot and Mr. O’Grady jumps in. The two have everything they need in life, including friendship.
I especially liked how the O’Gradys, aft...more
I especially liked how the O’Gradys, aft...more
Read this out loud to a classroom of first graders today. Based on an old Chinese folk tale, this story was completely new to these kids, and they were completely enthralled. When Mrs. O'Grady fell into the pot, there were audible gasps from the kids.
Two Classroom Uses:
[1] Have kids draw what they would throw into the pot if they had the chance. Just be prepared for lots of drawings of video games and moneymoneymoney!
[2] Read Lily Toy Hong's version of the tale, Two of Everything, which is set...more
Two Classroom Uses:
[1] Have kids draw what they would throw into the pot if they had the chance. Just be prepared for lots of drawings of video games and moneymoneymoney!
[2] Read Lily Toy Hong's version of the tale, Two of Everything, which is set...more
Mr. and Mrs. O'Grady were so skinny that they could sit side by side on their only chair to share their one potato for dinner. They were so poor that they only had one raggedy coat, which they took turns wearing in the winter.
Then came the day when Mr. O'Grady dug the last potato from his garden, and underneath that potato....why, it was a pot! He toted it home, and the O'Gradys soon discovered that it was not an ordinary pot.
Delightful pen and gouache illustrations add to this cheerful folkt...more
Then came the day when Mr. O'Grady dug the last potato from his garden, and underneath that potato....why, it was a pot! He toted it home, and the O'Gradys soon discovered that it was not an ordinary pot.
Delightful pen and gouache illustrations add to this cheerful folkt...more
The Chinese tale "Two Of Everything" is reset in Ireland. Well told but wordy. The O'Gradys are exaggeratedly tall and thin, which adds to the fun when they fall in the magic pot, but makes them look distorted. A patron asked for this, and it's okay, but I far prefer the picture book of the original tale by Lily Toy Hong. Even better still, I like to tell this one with some stick puppets and a "magic" pot!
Oct 05, 2009
Dawn Draper
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Shelves:
picture-books,
traditional-literature-folklore
This book caught my attention when I saw the cover. It looked like it could be a good story. It wasn't. It is a cumulative,humorous tale about a couple who lives alone and eats one potato a day. They share one of everything and one day find a pot that duplicates everything they put in it. They end up putting themselves in the pot and out come another couple. Now they not only have more than they need of everything they are no longer lonely. I stopped reading before the end. Not worth the time.
This is a great math book for teaching doubles and the two times tables. I would bring a pot into my classroom and after reading the book I would throw items in there and ask the students how many should there be now. We would practice with different numbers and write them on the board in word sentence form. This is also good for a student who enjoys fairy tales. This is a good story to act out.
theme: magic, simple maths, sharing
A good share for children (5 and above), with descriptions of how poor the couple can be, and their lifestyle. When the magical item helped them along in life, how they decided to share with the others in the end, instead of being greedy and get everything, makes the story ended well and worth sharing.
A good share for children (5 and above), with descriptions of how poor the couple can be, and their lifestyle. When the magical item helped them along in life, how they decided to share with the others in the end, instead of being greedy and get everything, makes the story ended well and worth sharing.
This is such a darling kids book. I loved it. It's quirky but so cute. It's a great story to teach the power of human connection. A poor old couple find a big pot in their garden. The pot has magic powers and can multiply things. My three year old, my thirteen year old and my husband and I all were entertained at the same time.
PB 29. This book was very bizarre, but I loved it! It could be used in so many different ways in the classroom. The kids could write about what they wanted to double. They could write about what magical powers a pot could have the help them improve THEIR lives. I loved it!
My grandson loved this story. Oddly, it's a starting point for learning about poverty, old age, forgoing greed, choosing a simple life, and passing good fortune on to other people. But don't tell my grandson. He simply loved the story.
A cute story about what it takes to find happiness. Interesting way to approach the difference between 'needing' and 'wanting' with young children. A quirky Irish folktale about a very poor couple who discover a magical pot. Theme of wishes, greed, and happiness. Young children- ages 4-8.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Grady are very, very poor. They only have one chair, they share one potato a day, they have to make do with one tattered blanket, they have one candle that they never light, and they have to take turns wearing one coat in the winters. Nevertheless, the two are quite happy except for one thing: they both would like a friend to talk to. One day, when Mr. O'Grady digs up the last potato in the garden, he unearths a strange pot that has a magical quality--whenever something is placed...more
May 01, 2013
Paula
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
family,
country-life,
1st-grade,
fairytale-folktale,
food,
imagination,
gratitude,
friendship,
humor,
magic,
story-time,
repetition,
numbers,
srp-2013
Great illustrations accompany the tale of a poor old couple who find a pot that gives them everything twice of what they put in. It is a longer story but very sweet no greediness.
So funny, with an ending I wasn't expecting. Kids will love this story about a magic pot that doubles anything put in it. The key word being "anything"!
Simple, clever and creatively illustrated book about an older couple who are very poor and happen to come across a magic pot that changes their life.
Quirky story about a elderly couple. They are poor, and subsist on potatoes. One day they dig up a pot and everything they put in it doubles.
I really liked the story and the illustrations were good. I read it with my 2.5 year old. I am thinking about using it with older kids.
Cute little book. Caleb was really into it and afterwards we imagined what it would be like to have a magic pot.
Such a sweet little story about being grateful for what we've been given. My children love this one.
EXACTLY the same story as Two of Everything--but I think we may like this one even better.
This book is a little different. It held our attention but I never would have guessed the ending.
I know it weird for a 5th grader to like a picture book, but I do. This is a very charming book about a couple that finds a pot. What is so special about this pot? Why is it voted the best bluebonnet? Read it and find out!!! :)
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Cynthia DeFelice is the author of many bestselling titles for young readers, including the novels Wild Life, The Ghost of Cutler Creek, Signal, and The Missing Manatee, as well as the picture books, One Potato, Two Potato, and Casey in the Bath. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable Children's Books and Bank Street Best Childr...more
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