Rootabaga Stories
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| Author(s): | Carl Sandburg |
| Illustrator(s): | Maud Petersham Miska Petersham |
| Publisher(s): | Harcourt, Brace and Company |
| Year Published: | circa 1951 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | American Fairy Tales - Modern Fantasy - American Humorous |
| Age Range: | Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books |
| Pages: | 448 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| ISBN-10: | 0152690654 0152690638 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780152690656 9780152690632 |
| OCLC: | 303021 |
Description
Omnilbus collection of American fairy tales from the poet of the prairies including Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons.
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How the Five Rusty Rats Helped to Find a New Village (1922)
This is the first periodical publication of part three of chapter 1 of Rootabaga Stories. The image above is online at freelibrary.
More Stories About the Potato Face Blind Man (1922)
This is the first periodical publication of a story about the Potato Face Blind Man from Rootabaga Stories printed in The Designer and The Woman's Magazine, probably in January 1923.
The image above is available online at freelibrary.
Rootabaga Stories (1922)
The first collection of American fairy tales from the poet of the prairies. This is the first edition containing eight chapters. Later editions with this title also include the stories from Rootabaga Pigeons. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at archive.org.
The Story of Jason Squiff and Why He Had a Popcorn Hat, Popcorn Mittens and Popcorn Shoes (1922)
This is the first periodical publication of this story from Rootabaga Stories. The image is available online at freelibrary.
Rootabaga Pigeons (1923)
More American fairy tales by the poet of the prairies. Read online at Hathitrust.
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