Rootabaga Stories (eBook)

Carl Sandburg (Autor)

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2017
240 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-82144-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Influenced by folk ballads and nonsense verse, these captivating tales are populated by corn fairies, circus performers, and other memorable characters. "Glorious for reading aloud." — The New York Times Book Review.

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"e;Takes the home-bred American fantasy of The Wizard of Oz even further … An old favorite, which no American child should miss."e; ― School Library Journal."e;These stories out of the Rootabaga Country… have taken root in American soil — they are here to stay."e; — New York Herald Tribune."e;Glorious for reading aloud."e; ― The New York Times Book Review.In the village of Liver-and-Onions, there was a Potato Face Blind Man who used to play an accordion on the corner near the post office. The sometime narrator of these tales, he transports readers and listeners to Rootabaga Country, where the railroad tracks go from straight to zigzag, the pigs wear bibs, and the Village of Cream Puffs floats in the wind, looking like a little hat that you could wear on the end of your thumb. Carl Sandburg, the beloved folk chronicler and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, invented these stories for his own daughters. Populated by corn fairies, circus performers, and such memorable characters as Poker Face the Baboon, Hot Dog the Tiger, and Gimme the Ax, Rootabaga Country is built with the homespun poetry of the American frontier. The stories' inspired nonsense — loaded with rhythm, humor, and tongue-twisting names — fires the imagination and pulls at the heartstrings. This edition features the charming original illustrations by Maud and Miska Petersham."e;The original illustrations by Maud and Miska Petersham, including a colored frontispiece and plentiful black-and white line drawings, form the perfect complement in this very affordable paperback."e; — The Emerald City Book Review

Autor

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) received three Pulitzer Prizes, two for his poetry and one for his 1940 biography of Abraham Lincoln. Before achieving literary fame, Sandburg's occupations included milkman, ice harvester, dishwasher, salesman, and fireman. His classic works include the Rootabaga Stories, written early in his career for his children.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.5.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 302 g
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
• Schlagworte: 20th century literature • American • American Frontier • Anthology • childhood reads • Childrens Books • childrens fiction • Childrens literature • classics • easy to read, • Fables • Fairytales • family reads • Fantasy • Fantasy and Magic • for kids • great for reluctant readers • Homespun • Humor • humorous tales • Imagination • Juvenile Fiction • kid lit • Literary • Page Turner • Poetry • read with kids • Short Stories • silly stories • Young readers
• ISBN-10: 0-486-82144-7 / 0486821447
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82144-3 / 9780486821443