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Lettuce Lily

by Esther Kando Odescalchi, illustrated by Maria Vesenyi Kando

24 pages; Saddle stitched; illustrated; catalogue #05-0253; ISBN 1-4120-5358-7; US$13.50, C$15.00, EUR11.00, £7.50

What happens to a pretty lettuce who is very proud. And, how through hard lessons learned, her wish finally comes true and happiness fills her heart.

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About the Book

This is a delightful story about Lily, a beautiful but proud head of lettuce in Poughkeepsie. Like the rest of her vegetable friends, she is happy to have been selected by the best farm store, Adams. But, at the store, she does not want customers to touch her lovely verdant gown. Nor is she willing to be sold for one dollar. She thinks her beauty makes her worth $100. Nobody is willing to pay that much for a head of lettuce. At the end of the day, Lily is thrown out to the compost field. There she cries and cries for days and weeks. She is very sorry for how she behaved. Finally, the sun has pity on her and blesses her with 100 little lettuce heads who make Lily's dream come true and fetch $100 in all at Adams Fairacers Farm Market.

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About the Author

Esther Kando Odescalchi is a native of Hungary. She completed her education in the United States, earning an MS in library science and a Ph.D. in communications. During her varied career she worked in executive communications at IBM, was a member of the Invention Review Committee, was the grant consultant of the Greater New York Library System, taught graduate courses at Universities and Colleges. She is the author of numerous technical and non-technical articles, a children's book and a play.

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