The Rocket Book - Hardcover
by Peter Newell
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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter NewellSeries:Peter Newell Children's BooksAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2016-10-11Pages:52
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tuttle PublishingISBN-13:9780804847421ISBN-10:804847428UPC:9780804847421Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Stories in Verse, Humorous StoriesSize:8.90 x 7.10 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCM7RXV2K5
The Rocket Book
"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...
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...
Series: Peter Newell Children's Books
Audience: Ages 9-12
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tuttle PublishingISBN-13:9780804847421ISBN-10:804847428UPC:9780804847421Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Stories in Verse, Humorous StoriesSize:8.90 x 7.10 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCM7RXV2K5
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.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
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