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Eddie Wilson #4
Eddie's Pay Dirt
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188 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1953
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Carolyn Haywood
66 books80 followersCarolyn Haywood was an American writer and illustrator from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She wrote 47 children's books, most notably the series under the "Eddie" and "Betsy" titles.
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July 26, 2024
Eddie is a pretty fun character; his curiosity often creates comical mayhem!
This is a great book to add to your early readers collection.
Ages: 4 - 9
Reading Level: 1st - 3rd grades
Content Considerations: goodness gracious and dumb are said a couple of times. A brother tells another brother he’ll sock him if he tells. A boy gets noticed in his costume and says to his mother kind of accusatory, “didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I tell you?” A boy finds valuable coins in a bucket of dirt that was gifted to him. He doesn’t want to notify the gift-giver at first but eventually does the right thing.
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This is a great book to add to your early readers collection.
Ages: 4 - 9
Reading Level: 1st - 3rd grades
Content Considerations: goodness gracious and dumb are said a couple of times. A brother tells another brother he’ll sock him if he tells. A boy gets noticed in his costume and says to his mother kind of accusatory, “didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I tell you?” A boy finds valuable coins in a bucket of dirt that was gifted to him. He doesn’t want to notify the gift-giver at first but eventually does the right thing.
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July 27, 2019
Eddie is back from Texas with some unusual souvenirs, one of which is a bucket of pay dirt that may or may not contain a treasure. What happens next is exciting and a whole lot of fun. I'm getting to really like Eddie and these glimpses into the past.
Not everything in these books is perfectly politically correct, but do they need to be? This is the past, caught in a sort of snapshot, that we gaze at through the medium of Eddie and his friends. I loved reading this entire series and love even more sharing them with my own children. Great books!
Not everything in these books is perfectly politically correct, but do they need to be? This is the past, caught in a sort of snapshot, that we gaze at through the medium of Eddie and his friends. I loved reading this entire series and love even more sharing them with my own children. Great books!
November 23, 2020
Another fantastic adventure with Eddie. And another favorite. He is such an endearing little character and after all the books of his we've read we're starting to feel like we really know him. 💕
May 18, 2020
I liked it.
July 29, 2015
I don't remember very clearly which of the Eddie books I had the opportunity to read when I was a little girl. This was not a title I remembered by name, but the part with Annie Patricia and the snakes felt familiar.
This book picks up where "Eddie and Gardenia" left off. Eight-year-old Eddie Wilson is returning on the train from Texas where he was visiting his aunt and uncle. The goat Gardenia stayed in Texas with her kid Petunia. Instead of returning empty-handed, however, Eddie has exchanged the goat for a parrot and some snakes, as well as some old rocks and a bucket of dirt. The first two chapters are from the perspective of Annie Patricia waiting eagerly for Eddie's train to pull into the station. All the children from school are waiting for Eddie and so is a band, playing "For he's a jolly good fellow." Annie Patricia, who is not called 'Toothless' in this book as she was in "Eddie and the Fire Engine," has no siblings of her own and is very attached to the Wilson family with their four lively boys. She manages to be in the midst of the excitement when Eddie's parrot Louella escapes from her cage at the train station and when the box of snakes falls off the back of the car on the way home.
Mr. Wilson turned the car around and headed back to the city. 'Goodness gracious!' he said. 'Why did you have to bring snakes home?'
'Well, I really brought them for Rudy and the twins,' said Eddie. 'And I brought one for Anna Patricia.'
Anna Patricia jumped in her seat. 'Oh!' she cried. "I--I--" And then she remembered it was a present, so she finished with a very weak, 'Thank you.' p. 52
Among Eddie's schemes in this book are trying to make it rich by selling chances to win Annie Patricia's teeth for a nickel, and making hamburgers the way Aunt Minnie made them in the Texas. Few incidents set this story so firmly in the deep past as Eddie calling the movie theater to contact his mother for help and talking to two other Mrs. Wilsons before reaching his unrelenting mother.
The "pay dirt" in the title is the bucket of dirt that Eddie got as a present from the Mexican cowboy Manuel who works on Uncle Ed's farm. The dirt is from a stream bed and Eddie hopes to pan the dirt for gold. Will Eddie find some valuable property, or is it some more "junk" as Mr. Wilson would put it? Along the way, Eddie manages to rustle up some mischief and to learn a few lessons about arithmetic and honesty.
This book picks up where "Eddie and Gardenia" left off. Eight-year-old Eddie Wilson is returning on the train from Texas where he was visiting his aunt and uncle. The goat Gardenia stayed in Texas with her kid Petunia. Instead of returning empty-handed, however, Eddie has exchanged the goat for a parrot and some snakes, as well as some old rocks and a bucket of dirt. The first two chapters are from the perspective of Annie Patricia waiting eagerly for Eddie's train to pull into the station. All the children from school are waiting for Eddie and so is a band, playing "For he's a jolly good fellow." Annie Patricia, who is not called 'Toothless' in this book as she was in "Eddie and the Fire Engine," has no siblings of her own and is very attached to the Wilson family with their four lively boys. She manages to be in the midst of the excitement when Eddie's parrot Louella escapes from her cage at the train station and when the box of snakes falls off the back of the car on the way home.
Mr. Wilson turned the car around and headed back to the city. 'Goodness gracious!' he said. 'Why did you have to bring snakes home?'
'Well, I really brought them for Rudy and the twins,' said Eddie. 'And I brought one for Anna Patricia.'
Anna Patricia jumped in her seat. 'Oh!' she cried. "I--I--" And then she remembered it was a present, so she finished with a very weak, 'Thank you.' p. 52
Among Eddie's schemes in this book are trying to make it rich by selling chances to win Annie Patricia's teeth for a nickel, and making hamburgers the way Aunt Minnie made them in the Texas. Few incidents set this story so firmly in the deep past as Eddie calling the movie theater to contact his mother for help and talking to two other Mrs. Wilsons before reaching his unrelenting mother.
The "pay dirt" in the title is the bucket of dirt that Eddie got as a present from the Mexican cowboy Manuel who works on Uncle Ed's farm. The dirt is from a stream bed and Eddie hopes to pan the dirt for gold. Will Eddie find some valuable property, or is it some more "junk" as Mr. Wilson would put it? Along the way, Eddie manages to rustle up some mischief and to learn a few lessons about arithmetic and honesty.
April 25, 2010
Ed at work recommended this book following a discussion of compost, and how my dirt is probably quite valuable now that I've been working in free, used coffee grounds generously donated by my local coffee shop, The Brothers K (http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-brothers-... they are really wonderful, as I testified on yelp).
This book, alas, is not about compost. It does have a great math lesson and an even better lesson about sharing. Enjoy.
This book, alas, is not about compost. It does have a great math lesson and an even better lesson about sharing. Enjoy.
February 21, 2013
Eddie arrives home from Texas with a bucket of dirt and a parrot. Hilarity ensues. Eddie is forced to make a difficult moral choice (well-handled and easy for the young reader to grasp).
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March 16, 2013My mom didn't buy me many books (we went to the Library a LOT) but this was one she bought at my school book sale. I have no memory of the story, only that it was very special to me :)
December 4, 2016
i liked it
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