| Rootabaga Stories Contributor(s): Sandburg, Carl (Author), Petersham, Maud (Illustrator), Petersham, Miska (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1789431808 ISBN-13: 9781789431803 Publisher: Oxford City Press OUR PRICE: $6.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6" W x 9" (0.49 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Carl Sandburg had three daughters and he loved telling them irrepressible, zany tales. He disliked the European fairy stories that involved kings and princesses and thought American tales should be more relevant to the world around his children, but of course made rather fantastic. So the stories are populated with trains on zig-zag tracks, skyscrapers, animals wearing bibs, corn fairies, not to mention the Village of Cream Puffs which floats in the wind. They have become firm favourites for gen |