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    One Proud Penny

    By Randy Siegel and Serge Bloch

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    About this ebook

    Who knew the life of a penny could be so exciting?

    Born in 1983, our copper (well, zinc and copper as we find out) narrator travels everywhere from New York City to Portland, Oregon, to Puerto Rico describing in colorful detail his many adventures along the way.

    Randy Siegel's quirky, informative text mixed with Serge Bloch's spare but exuberant illustrations (which make use of real pennies) make this book a must-have for lovers of American history or just a good story.

    A Neal Porter Book

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJan 10, 2017
    ISBN9781250148698
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    One Proud Penny
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    Randy Siegel

    Randy Siegel is the author of Grandma's Smile for Roaring Brook Press, which Publisher'sWeekly called, "a wry and contemporary reality check on the going-to-Grandma's genre." Siegel has written for newspapers and magazines around the country and works for Advance Publications in New York City.

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      About a penny. Really. However, this penny recalls more travels and mishaps than any one penny is likely to have had.