Penny Candy

By Edward B. Fenton and Edward (Author) GOREY, Edward (Illustrator);FENTON

Book Overview

When Paul finds a nickel, he has a brief chance to be the center of attention in Widow Shinn's candy shop. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030765153
• ISBN13: 9780030765155
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Holt McDougal
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Few books have this much atmosphere

Something about this book is truly haunting and spooky, and memorable. It's a fairly simple tale---a group of children go buy penny candy after the last day of school, and each one is transformed while eating their choice of candy to another place, or another state of being! I can remember myself the special feeling of having a paper bag of penny candy of all kinds to eat---each piece seemed special and exciting in its own way, and this book captures that feeling. My sister said this book scared her son, and I think it is a tiny bit scary, as it's a little bizarre and the candy shop owner a little frightening, but in a way that makes the book that much more memorable.