THE CLOTHES HORSE AND OTHER STORIES

AHLBERG, Janet & Allen

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ISBN 10: 0670812676 ISBN 13: 9780670812677

Published by Viking Kestrel, Middlesex, 1987

Language: English

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Previous bookseller's sticker on front pastedown endpaper. Previous owner's inscription ("happy 6th birthday Martin love from Darcie & Alix xxxx") on front free endpaper. Staining and foxing on endpapers, edges and some pages. Else book is in very good condition. Dustwrapper is price-clipped and slightly stained, else in very good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.

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Title

THE CLOTHES HORSE AND OTHER STORIES

Publisher

Viking Kestrel, Middlesex

Publication Date

1987

Language

English

ISBN 10

0670812676

ISBN 13

9780670812677

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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The Clothes Horse and Other Stories

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Each of the six shaggy-dog stories in this collection provides a literal interpretation of an everyday expression. In "The Clothes Horse," a magician creates an equine from old garments; the creature ends up on the vaudeville stage. A giant tosses troublesome boys of a certain moniker into a container in "The Jack Pot"; a woman hoards moments from her early years in "Life Savings"; and so on. While the initial concept may appeal to the literal-mindedness of children and their fondness for wordplay, the stories themselves are somewhat disappointing. Their silliness seems strained and arbitrary rather than genuinely funny, with adult undertones instead of a truly childlike perspective; and the chatty narrative voice begins to seem intrusive, even fey. In format, the collection falls somewhere between picture book and middle-reader. Full-color pictures decorate, rather than illustrate, the text; but these contain all the charm, humor and liveliness for which this husband-and-wife team (The Jolly Postman, The Baby's Catalogue, Peek-a-Boo, etc.) is renowned. Ages 5-9.
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