Some of the Adventures of Rhode Island Red

Manes, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0397323476 / ISBN 13: 9780397323470

Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1990

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PLEASE NOTE: FORMER LIBRARY COPY. MAY HAVE IDENTIFYING MARKS, STAMPS AND/OR STICKERS, ETC.THE HINGE BETWEEN THE COVER AND THE BODY OF THE BOOK IS TORN. Former Library book. hardcover 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Some of the Adventures of Rhode Island Red
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0397323476
• ISBN 13: 9780397323470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Joyce, William
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

A diminutive red-haired man no bigger than a hen's egg, Rhode Island Red leaves his home among the chickens and travels throughout Rhode Island, becoming a legendary figure through his many heroic exploits.

Reviews

Grade 4-6 --Manes' fans will cackle over this story of a chick-size hero named Rhode Island Red, a boy born into a chicken family. In the tradition of folk heroes such as Teeny-Tiny and Hop 'o My Thumb, Red is the littler-than-little guy who performs bigger-than-big jobs. The narrative is full of Manes' sometimes weird, sometimes too-obvious humor (you can't win 'em all). Red's neatest joke/accomplishment is to put a chicken in every pot in Providence, RI to win an election. He thinks the job through, gets his chicken kin to go with him, and has them step in every pot brought out in every house in town. In the wacky fantasy line, Manes has a number of titles; this one isn't his strongest, as it's based on punnery taken to the extreme. It almost works. --George Gleason, Department of English, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield
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A magazine writer gets lost in the wilds of Rhode Island but finds a story nonetheless--that of Rhode Island Red, a literal bantamweight who hatched from a hen's egg, grew older but never up, who can "lick a fellow twenty times his size before breakfast and then rassle bears till lunch." Red's exploits--putting a pack of crafty foxes in their places; helping a politician deliver "two chickens in every pot" without betraying his heritage--provide high adventure and rib-tickling hilarity in the best tall-tale tradition. Manes's narrator--a garrulous farmer who has the journalist's ear and won't let go--possesses a flair for drama, many a colorful turn of phrase and an artful ability to stretch the truth in all directions. This fellow Red thus becomes a worthy heir to Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill and, more recently, Sid Fleischman's Josh McBroom. Illustrations not seen by PW. Ages 8-12.
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