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Rocket Book (Peter Newell Children's Books)
Pete Newell
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Description for Rocket Book (Peter Newell Children's Books)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 52 pages, 22 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 184 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 334.
"When Fritz,
the Janitor's bad kid,
Went snooping in the basement,
He found a rock snugly hid
Beneath the window casement.
He struck a match with one fell swoop;
Then, on the concrete kneeling,
he lit the rocket and—she—oop!
It shot up through the ceiling."
Long before Richard Scarry or Dr. Seuss, an American artist delighted a generation of children and their parents with hilarious, topsy-turvy illustrations and slightly subversive tales told in rhyme. This was illustrator/author Peter Newell.
Originally published in 1912, The Rocket Book remains as profoundly enjoyable and incredibly popular as ever. This classic ... Read more
"When Fritz,
the Janitor's bad kid,
Went snooping in the basement,
He found a rock snugly hid
Beneath the window casement.
He struck a match with one fell swoop;
Then, on the concrete kneeling,
he lit the rocket and—she—oop!
It shot up through the ceiling."
Long before Richard Scarry or Dr. Seuss, an American artist delighted a generation of children and their parents with hilarious, topsy-turvy illustrations and slightly subversive tales told in rhyme. This was illustrator/author Peter Newell.
Originally published in 1912, The Rocket Book remains as profoundly enjoyable and incredibly popular as ever. This classic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
52
Place of Publication
Boston, United States
ISBN
9780804847421
SKU
V9780804847421
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Pete Newell
Peter Newell (1862 -1924) began his career painting portraits, using crayons as a medium, before turning to children's book. Besides his own books, Newell illustrated Mark Twain's Innocents Abroad and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. He is the author of the Tuttle Classics The Hole Book, The Slant Book, and The Rocket Book.
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