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One Can

By Lana Button and Eric Walters
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A child donates a can of food to their school food drive. But in an unexpected twist, they come to understand what it means to give and receive. A child is excited to donate a can of their favourite Zoodelicious to the school food drive. Their... Read More
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"A child donates a can of food to their school food drive. But in an unexpected twist, they come to understand what it means to give and receive."--Provided by publisher.

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A child donates a can of food to their school food drive. But in an unexpected twist, they come to understand what it means to give and receive.

A child is excited to donate a can of their favourite Zoodelicious to the school food drive. Their teacher has explained that the food will be given to people in need, along with mittens from the "mitten tree."

In the classroom, there's a carpet with one hundred squares, and the goal is to fill each square with a can of food. When the child places their can of Zoodelicious on square 100, everyone cheers, and the teacher puts a snowflake sticker on top to celebrate.

But a few days later, the child finds the same can of Zoodelicious among the groceries their mum has brought home. There's a pair of red mitts, too. "Mum, are we the people in need?" the child asks.

The next morning, after having thought of all the people who will receive food from the school and wondering what else they might need, the child donates their too-small blue mittens to the mitten tree at school.

Created by an award-winning team, One Can tells a timely and touching story of a child who learns to give and receive—and wants only to give again in return.

Key Text Features

Dialogue

Illustrations

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3

Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781773067346

Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 October 2025

Country: Canada

Imprint: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada

Illustration: Full color throughout

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 200.0mm

Height: 266.0mm

Weight: 389g

Pages: 32

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Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Eric Walters Lana Button

About the Author

LANA BUTTON is a children’s book author, motivational speaker for kids and an early childhood educator. She has written more than a dozen picture books, many of them award-winners, including Tough Like Mum, illustrated by Carmen Mok (Crystal Kite Award), and Willow’s Whispers, illustrated by Tania Howells (Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year, IBBY Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities). Lana lives in Burlington, Ontario. ERIC WALTERS has published over 130 novels and picture books for young readers. Among many awards, he won the Governor General’s Award for The King of Jam Sandwiches and the Children’s Africana Book Award for The Matatu, illustrated by Eva Campbell. He is co-founder of Creation of Hope, which supports orphans and disadvantaged children in Kenya, and creator of National Run Day for the Terry Fox Foundation and I Read Canadian Day. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Eric lives in Guelph, Ontario. ISABELLE MALENFANT has illustrated more than twenty children’s books, including Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino (Stonewall Honor Book, American Library Association’s Rainbow List, Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year) and Pinny in Summer and Pinny in Fall, both by Joanne Schwartz. Isabelle’s illustrations for Pablo trouve un trésor by Andrée Poulin were nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award. She lives in Magog, Quebec.

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