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Keywords

acceptance, assertiveness, decision making, differences, friendship, history, independence, marriage, peer resistance, pioneers, refusal skills, self esteem, verbal communication

Title

Fat chance, claude

Description

A girl named Shirley is independent and very active while growing up. She meets Claude on their way out West to pan for gold. The two become quick friends and at the end decide to get married.

Author

Nixon, Joan Lowery

Publisher

Viking Penguin

Illustrator

ISBN

0-670-81459-8

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

1987

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Kristie Koch, 1994

Citation

Nixon, Joan Lowery, “Fat chance, claude,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed March 25, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/6030.