Socks for Supper [Hardcover]

Jack Kent (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1987 | ISBN-10: 0819309648 | ISBN-13: 978-0819309648

When a poor couple exchange socks for cheese and milk, they receive more than expected.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Parents Magazine Pr (November 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819309648
• ISBN-13: 978-0819309648
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Childhood Memory Forever, November 15, 2001

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Bernadette Ah Hing-Fotofili (Hawthorne, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Socks for Supper (Library Binding)

This book has been a family childhood favorite for me and my siblings. We are between the ages of 27 and 34 now and still rave about Socks For Supper. We would talk about how we used to reinact the story while reading the book. If it was the wrong kind of cheese in the fridge, then so be it. It always gave us a feeling of satisfaction, acceptance, and that the characters in the book could be any one of us. It's hard to find books that keep you close at heart, with yourself and with the world. Socks For Supper makes you realize that you need to be grateful for the things you have and the people around you.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars please bring this back to print, September 9, 2003

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Sonya Low (Pleasant Grove, Utah United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Socks for Supper (Hardcover)

My siblings and I got this book for Christmas in 1978. I would have to say it is one of my favorites from my childhood and I have very fond memories from it. I expressed how much I loved it to my mom so she gave me our used copy last year for Christmas so I could read it to my little boy. My copy is very used and damaged. I so badly wish this would go back into print so I could buy a brand new one for my son and future children.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite Childhood Book, September 25, 2004

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544532 (Papa New Guinea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Socks for Supper (Hardcover)

This was one of my favorite childhood books and is the only childhood picture book that I loved that I have a copy of right now. The storyline of having an old couple who was poor trade socks made from the old man's sweater for cheese and milk romanticized cheese and milk for me. Strangely, when I read about foods in a book, my imagination makes me salivate for them! In addition to simple and enjoyable pictures and a fun storyline, Jack Kent's book introduces children to the issue of poverty somewhat, that not everyone has what they need and need to work for what they need; and issues of giving and exchanging.