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Two Old Potatoes and Me
by
John Coy
One day at her dad’s house, a young girl finds two old potatoes in the cupboard. “Gross.” But before she can throw them away, her dad suggests they try to grow new potatoes from the old ones, which have sprouted eyes. Told from May to September, the potato-growing season, the story includes all the basic steps for growing potatoes while subtly dealing with the parents’ rec...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
January 13th 2009
by Dragonfly Books
(first published June 10th 2003)
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I love the Two Old Potatoes and I believe that children will too. The illustrations were very unique and plentiful. I loved that pages had a lot going on in them; they were lined with various colors and pictures and word boxes all over the pages. The book refers to asking grandparents for advice because they will know. This encourages students to ask adults for answers to their questions because they are knowledgeable. This book can be used in a science lesson to illustrate the lifecycle of plan...more
A young girl wants to throw away 2 old potatoes with lots of sprouts growing out of them. Her father suggests they try planting them. So they dig and plant and water and weed and wait. Eventually they dig up the little plants and under some there is nothing. Under others there are many potatoes. Both father and daughter enjoy their favorite potato: mashed with lots of butter and a pinch of nutmeg for good luck.
I love this story. My issue is with the illustrations. The illustrations are curvy and...more
I love this story. My issue is with the illustrations. The illustrations are curvy and...more
Mar 21, 2010
Joey
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4 of 5 stars
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While visiting her father, a little girl finds two old potatoes at the back of a cupboard. They're so old that sprouts are growing from their eyes and she's about to throw them away when her father stops her and says they can grow new potatoes from the old ones. The story follows them through the growing season as they tend to their potatoes in the garden and eventually dig them up and make mashed potatoes.
The story also addresses divorce in a brief and subtle way when the father asks how the li...more
The story also addresses divorce in a brief and subtle way when the father asks how the li...more
Oh, how I love this book! The art is amazing, the story is amazing, the hidden meaning is amazing. On multiple levels, this is an excellent book for bonding! It is about a daughter and her father, whom do not live together, and they share the experience of growing potatoes from 2 rotten potatoes that were found in the kitchen.I do not want to give away anything else, you must read this with your children . . . it IS THAT GOOD.
Love how the text is woven into the artwork in most of the pages. Lovely story about some quality time with dad. Her mother and father aren't together...there's a part where the father asks how the room at her mom's house is coming along and about seeing her room on Friday when he comes to pick her up. What I love about it was that it was a feel-good story about a project that a father and daughter go through with finding old potatoes, planting them together, the upkeep during the season, and fi...more
This is a charming story about a father and young daughter who have a several-months-long gardening experience together. They grow potatoes in the backyard, with the advice of Grandpa on what to do. After several months, they did up the potatoes and make mash potatoes together (recipe in the back). Really enjoyed reading about the gardening process, and the illustrations throughout the book are a lot of fun! Bravo!
This book does a superb job of putting illustrations and text together. The story is of a little girl and her dad who plant some old potatoes and then care for them over the summer. The end includes a recipe for mashed potatoes that kids could make at home.
This book has beautiful illustrations! A really wonderful story about a girl and her father who grow potatoes out of old potatoes found at the back of the cupboard.
Age: K-2nd grade
A girl and her dad learn the magic of gardening when they decide to give two old potatoes a new life in the ground. A subtle reference to living in two separate homes is not essential to the story but it gives the situation normality.
A girl and her dad learn the magic of gardening when they decide to give two old potatoes a new life in the ground. A subtle reference to living in two separate homes is not essential to the story but it gives the situation normality.
Sep 10, 2011
Christi
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The illustrations are fascinating in this book with lots to look at. It's also nice to see the relationship between child and father.
A pleasant story about a father and his daughter who grow lots of new potatoes from Two Old Potatoes. The bonding that happens between them is inspiring, since the daughter lives with her mom most of the time. Even though the story is appealing, the illustrations are creepy and weird. Kids will find them dark and unappealing.
Used for "It's Green and Leafy: Not Trees...Vegetables!" storytime-April, 2010.
Used for "It's Green and Leafy: Not Trees...Vegetables!" storytime-April, 2010.
Cute book about a little girl and her dad growing a garden of potatoes from two old potatoes.
This is a darling book about growing things, with a mashed potato recipe at the end!
I like the illustration and unsuall way the words were printed. It was fun to read.
Apr 23, 2011
Christine
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4 of 5 stars
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favorite-picture-books
I initially rated this book as a 3, but as I have read it more, I have liked it more. It is a cute story of a girl and her father growing potatoes from old potatoes. It teaches about growing vegetables and has unique illustrations and text layout.
Excellent depiction of how to grow potatoes, showing how the can be grown from old shriveled ones. Liked the brown tones of the illustrations.
Jan 23, 2013
Derucie
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John Coy is an award-winning author, who worked as a dishwasher, mattress maker, group home worker, and tour guide before taking up writing. He's active in sports and is a member of the NBA Reading All-Star Team as part of the Read to Achieve program. John has traveled to all fifty states as well as to many countries internationally.
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