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Grandpa's Hal-la-loo-ya Hambone!

by Joe Hayes
Antonio Castro L.
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Joe Hayes' mother knew how to stretch the family's budget nearly as well as he streeeeeetches the truth for his Joe Hayes Tall Tales.

When Joe Hayes was a kid, money was real tight for his family. So tight that there was a whole year where all they could eat was beans. When Joe's father was able to buy them a big, scrumptious hambone, they were so happy that they hollered "hal-la-loo-ya!" But the whole neighborhood got wind of the flavorful delicacy and wanted a taste too. Lucky for them, Joe's mom was very neighborly, and she had some tricks up her sleeve. Way before anyone had even heard the words "reduce, reuse, recycle," Joe's mom was a recycling pro, and knew how to squeeze every bit of usefulness out of everything. So, she got inventive about making that hambone last—and that's when this Tall Tale gets even TALLER!

Check out the other titles in this series:

GRANDPA'S HAL-LA-LOO-YA HAMBONE! 

  •  MY PET RATTLESNAKE 
  •  THE GUM CHEWING RATTLER 
  •  THE LOVESICK SKUNK

    • Creators

    • Publisher

    • Release date

      January 15, 2017

    • Formats

      • OverDrive Read

        • ISBN: 9781941026564

      • PDF ebook

        • ISBN: 9781941026564
        • File size: 41500 KB

    • Languages

      • English

    • Levels

      • ATOS Level: 4.3
      • Lexile® Measure: 790
      • Interest Level: K-3(LG)
      • Text Difficulty: 3-4

    • Reviews

      • Kirkus

        A tall country tale involving dentures, beans, and an amazing hambone. Life on a farm can be hard. One year, the soil is so unforgiving that all the family can grow is beans. Dad makes it work by packing them in sacks and taking them far away to sell. Still, all he can buy with the money he earns is a big hambone, just what's needed to flavor the family's beans for dinner. Grandpa loves this dinner so much he declares an enthusiastic "HAL-LA-LOO-YA!" Meanwhile, the narrator's "economical" mom saves the hambone for next week's dinner. News spreads to the neighbors, who borrow this splendid hambone. Now the hambone is away from the family for two or three days at a time, but Grandpa "would always manage to wrangle an invitation to dinner." One day, Mrs. McIvey drops by to borrow the hambone to make a nice supper after her daughter's wedding; of course she invites Grandpa. He rushes to the well to wash his face and sneezes, sending his dentures down into the darkness. Quick-thinking brother Sam ties the hambone to a fishing line and lowers it, to be clamped on tight by the dentures, which "had grown...used to eating beans flavored with that hambone." Alas, the line snaps, but all is not lost--now the neighbors come by for some of that ham-flavored well water. Storyteller Hayes spins his yarn with aplomb, punctuating it with the titular exclamation. Castro L.'s illustrations suggest Norman Rockwell, depicting a largely white rural Southwest community. Tongue-in-cheek fun. (Picture book. 7-10) COPYRIGHT(1) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

      • The Horn Book

        July 1, 2017
        Only beans grow on the poor Hayes family's farm, so they eat nothing but. When the father buys a large hambone, it's used repeatedly by the family and their neighbors to flavor their beans, and it comes in handy when Grandpa loses his teeth in the well. Caricature illustrations (somewhat garishly) play up the humor in this homey, Southwest-flavored tall tale.

        (Copyright 2017 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

    Formats

    • OverDrive Read
    • PDF ebook

    subjects

    Languages

    • English

    Levels

    • ATOS Level:4.3
    • Lexile® Measure:790
    • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
    • Text Difficulty:3-4

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