Rootabaga Stories - Hardcover

Sandburg, Carl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152690573 ISBN 13: 9780152690571

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1984

Synopsis

A magical gift with ......There is in (his humor) the appeal of sound as well as of action. It is a humor so distinctive, so individual, that only a great poet could have made it universal.....All of Sandburg's words are significant. His words have not only meaning, they have a definite relation to one another. They dance a measure in THE WEDDING PROCESSION OF THE RAG DOLL AND THE BROOM HANDLE. They sing a melody in that story of his that belongs with pure poetry rather than with humor - THE WHITE HORSE GIRL AND THE BLUE WIND BOY. His stories are joyous rather than humorous. Indeed, they are both joyous and humorous. They have the natural tempo' of childhood. This is an omnibus volume including all the stories in ROOTABAGA STORIES and ROOTABAGA PIGEONS. The original illustrations by the Petershams are also included.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Joyous, humorous, poetic, and always uniquely American, Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories are an important part of our children's literary legacy. In inimitable prose, Sandburg created Rootabaga Country-where the railroad tracks go from straight to zigzag, where the pigs have bibs on, and where the Village of Cream Puffs floats in the wind-and populated it with baby balloon pickers, flummywisters, Poker Face the Baboon and Hot Dog the Tiger, the White Horse Girl and the Blue Wind Boy, corn fairies, blue foxes, and many more fanciful characters. Rootabaga Stories, Part One is irrepressible, zany Americana-an anthology to delight admirers of Sandburg's genius.

About the Author:

CARL SANDBURG (1878-1967) was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, first in 1940 for his biography of Abraham Lincoln and again in 1951 for Complete Poems. Before becoming known as a poet, he worked as a milkman, an ice harvester, a dishwasher, a salesman, a fireman, and a journalist. Among his classics are the Rootabaga Stories, which he wrote for his young daughters at the beginning of his long and distinguished literary career.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0152690573
• ISBN 13: 9780152690571
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1