Product Description

Joyful, humorous, and zany, these classic stories are unique Americana. Rootabaga Stories, Part One includes all the material originally published as Rootabaga Stories in 1922. A second volume, to be published in Spring 1989, will include all the stories published as Rootabaga Pigeons in 1923.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #866207 in Books
• Published on: 1988-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover

Review
Collection of children's stories by Carl Sandburg, published in 1922. These fanciful tales reflect Sandburg's interest in folk ballads and nonsense verse. He modeled his expansive fictional land on the American Midwest. The lighthearted stories, referred to as moral tales by Sandburg, feature such silly characters as Hot Dog the Tiger, Gimme the Ax, White Horse Girl, Blue Wind Boy, and Jason Squiff the Cistern Cleaner. Succeeding books in the same vein include Rootabaga Pigeons (1923), Rootabaga Country (1929), and Potato Face (1930). -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

About the Author
Kathleen and Michael Hague are the author-illustrator team behind many best-selling books, including Alphbears, Numbears, and Ten Little Bears. Michael Hague has also illustrated lavish editions of The Wizard of Oz, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and many other children's classics. They live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Author-poet Carl Sandburg was born in the three-room cottage at 313 East Third Street in Galesburg on January 6, 1878. The modest house, which is maintained by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, reflects the typical living conditions of a late nineteenth century working-class family. Many of the furnishings once belonged to the Sandburg family. Behind the home stands a small wooded park. There, beneath Remembrance Rock, lie the ashes of Carl Sandburg, who died in 1967.

Customer Reviews

unique and wonderful childrens literature
Is it possible in a half dozen pages to produce a credible and moving story of the love of two skyscrapers and the sorrowful loss of their child, a train? Only for Carl Sandburg, I dare say. I'm not sure who requests this book more often, me or my 7-year-old daughter, but these bite-size, fabulous stories increase their charm with each rereading. Each story is a treasure. This book is a must-have for anyone who loves beautiful and fantastic story telling.