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Marie's Marvelous Tomato Kindle Edition

by Esther Hildahl (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
Marie Bishkee is unhappy. Her best friend left town, maybe forever, and Marie has no one her own age to play with in the neighborhood. Then one day, while riding her bike, she discovers a small garden full of leafy green tomato plants. Racing home, she tells her mother that she wants to grow her own tomatoes.

After her mother agrees to let her buy one tomato plant, and her grandmother shows her how to protect it from cutworms, she plants it. And even though her brother tells her it will probably die, Marie insists that it will live! And it does. However, instead of many tomatoes, it produces only one, but what a marvelous tomato it turns out to be.

Find out what happens as Marie’s tomato grows and grows and grows. Will her dreams come true? Will this be her best summer ever?
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  1. Reading age
    6 - 15 years
  2. Print length
    69 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    2 - 8
  5. Accessibility
    Learn more
  6. Publication date
    July 6, 2017
  7. Page Flip
    Enabled
  8. Word Wise
    Enabled
  9. Enhanced typesetting
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Marie's Marvelous Tomato is Esther J. Hildahl's third published children's book. Her other books are Meadow Pond (2012) and Mr. Inky: Spider with an Attitude (2013). As a former teacher, she taught grades four and five at Jefferson Grade School in Spokane, Washington. Currently, she is president of Spokane Authors and Self-Publishers. She resides with her husband, Robert, and their toy poodle, Charlotte, at their home in Spokane.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B073SFTS74
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 6, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 641 KB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 69 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 2 - 8
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 15 years
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

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Esther J Hildahl

Esther J Hildahl

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Esther J. Hildahl always knew she would write a children's book someday and, from the time she was a child, she knew it would be about frogs. After she retired from teaching in elementary school, she wrote and illustrated her first book, Meadow Pond, a story of frogs, a frog-eating snake, and some mean Red Boat kids. After doing battle with a black spider in her kitchen one day, she wrote her second book, Mr. Inky:Spider with an Attitude, the story of a spider who comes to live in a girl's bedroom and won't leave, even after she tries to do him in. This book won a Northern Lights Book Award in the Pre-Teen Fiction category( 2019). Inspired by her mother who loved to grow tomatoes , she wrote and illustrated her third book, Marie's Marvelous Tomato, the story of a lonely girl and her unusual tomato. One day, she discovered a dead bluebottle fly on the floor of her back porch. She picked it up, admiring its beautiful blue color. Suddenly it came alive, flapped its wings rapidly and flew away. Right then, she knew her next book would be about a bluebottle fly and its name would be Poopie. Poopie the Fly and Friends was her fourth book and because the character Mr. Inky from her second book was so popular with children, she made him a character in this story, too. Esther has been married to her husband, Bob, for many years. He loves her books and helps her sell them at the many craft fairs and book signings they go to. Charlotte is their beloved black toy poodle. Most of her life, she has lived in Spokane, WA, but has also lived elsewhere for short periods of time, including Germany. She has many hobbies, but enjoys writing for children the most.

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  • Joyce Caudel
    4.0 out of 5 stars I highly recommend this book
    Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2017
    A delightful story about a girl that loves eating tomatoes. For her summer project, she plants and grows a tomato plant which produces one huge tomato. She wins a blue ribbon at the fair. This is a story about family and friendship. Esther has a way of dealing with family issues, such as divorce, in a way that many children can relate to. I highly recommend this book.
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