Peppe the Lamplighter |
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| Author:
| Bartone, Elisa |
| Illustrator:
| Lewin, Ted |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7807-7305-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1997 |
| Publisher: | Perfection Learning Corporation
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $14.65 |
Book Description:
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A long time ago when there was no electricity and the streetlamps in Little Italy had to be lit by hand, Peppe lived in a tenement on Mulberry Street. His family was poor, and so, though he was just a boy, he needed to find work. But a job as a lamplighter was not what his father had dreamed of for Peppe. "Did I come to America for my son to light the streetlamps?" he fumed - until, one night, lighting the streetlamps became "the best job in America."
A long time ago when there was no electricity and the streetlamps in Little Italy had to be lit by hand, Peppe lived in a tenement on Mulberry Street. His family was poor, and so, though he was just a boy, he needed to find work. But a job as a lamplighter was not what his father had dreamed of for Peppe. "Did I come to America for my son to light the streetlamps?" he fumed - until, one night, lighting the streetlamps became "the best job in America."