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The Magic Beads by Susin Nielsen-Fernlund
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The Magic Beads (edition 2007)

by Susin Nielsen-Fernlund, Genevieve Cote (Illustrator)

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It's seven-year-old Lillian's first day at a new school and she's got butterflies in her tummy. But those butterflies turn into grasshoppers when she learns she has to bring something for Show and Tell at the end of the week! Lillian and her mother have just moved away from Lillian's abusive father and into a family shelter, leaving behind all of their possessions. Every day that Lillian anxiously watches her classmates bring toys with which she has nothing to compare, the creatures in her stomach change and grow. She realises that the imagination can make anything magical, even beads.… (more)
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School, show and tell, clever illustrations and a child in transitional housing. Pretty great, very moving. ( )
  jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |
Lily had to leave all of her toys behind when she and her mom moved into a domestic violence shelter. Consequently, she gets very worried about what she's going to bring for show and tell at her new school. A story that's both heartbreaking and hopeful. ( )
  Katya0133 | Sep 14, 2009 |
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It's seven-year-old Lillian's first day at a new school and she's got butterflies in her tummy. But those butterflies turn into grasshoppers when she learns she has to bring something for Show and Tell at the end of the week! Lillian and her mother have just moved away from Lillian's abusive father and into a family shelter, leaving behind all of their possessions. Every day that Lillian anxiously watches her classmates bring toys with which she has nothing to compare, the creatures in her stomach change and grow. She realises that the imagination can make anything magical, even beads.

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