title: Storytown: Library Book Stry 08 Grade 2 Billy's Bucket
author: HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS
description: Kes Gray is the author of several children s books. His debut title, EAT YOUR PEAS, was selected as the overall winner of the 2001 Children s Book Award in England (beating out Harry Potter!). He lives in England and works in advertising as a senior copywriter. This is his first book with Candlewick Press. Garry Parsons is a talented new illustrator who studied fine art and illustration at Brighton College in England. This is his first book with Candlewick Press
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events,
  and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used
  fictitiously.
  
  
  Text copyright © 2020 by Margaret L. Benton
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or
  transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
  recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.
  
  
  Published by Lake Union Publishing, Seattle
  
  
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  Amazon, the Amazon logo, and Lake Union Publishing are trademarks of
  [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com), Inc., or its affiliates.
  
  
  ISBN-13: 9781542044646 (hardcover)
  
  
  ISBN-10: 1542044642 (hardcover)
  
  
  ISBN-13: 9781542007139 (paperback)
  
  
  ISBN-10: 1542007135 (paperback)
  
  
  Cover design by David Drummond
  
  
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  CONTENTS
  
  
  [CHAPTER 1](part0005.h