Rootabaga Stories

Carl Sandburg

Harcourt, Brace, 1922 - 228 pages

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Review: Rootabaga Stories, Part Two

User Review  - Jori Richardson - Goodreads

"Rootabaga Stories" reminded me of Dr. Seuss, without as many illustrations and written for children a bit older. I can see it as being a wonderful read aloud, as the story skips along in melodious ...

Review: Rootabaga Stories

User Review  - Clayton Chase - Goodreads

Some of the best out-loud reading I've done in a long time. Great for kids with whimsical & fertile imaginations.

Contents

• Three Stories About the Finding of the Zigzag Rail: 1
• How They Bring Back the Village of Cream Puffs When: 19
• How the Five Rusty Rats Helped Find a New Village: 29
• 2: 39
• How the Potato Face Blind Man Enjoyed Himself on a Fine: 45
• Poker Face the Baboon and Hot Dog the Tiger: 53
• The ToboggantotheMoon Dream of the Potato Face Blind: 59
• How Gimme the Ax Found Out About the Zigzag Railroad: 65
• 3: 71
• The Story of Jason Squiff and Why He Had a Popcorn Hat: 79
• The Story of Rags Habakuk the Two Blue Rats and the Circus: 89
• Four Stories About the Deep Doom of Dark: 97
• How the Hat Ashes Shovel Helped Snoo Foo: 105
• How Bimboo the Snips Thumb Stuck to His Nose When the Wind Changed: 123
• 5: 131
• The Dollar Watch and the Five Jack Rabbits: 141
• The Wooden Indian and the Shaghorn Buffalo: 151
• Four Stories About Dear Dear Eyes: 157
• What Six Girls with Balloons Told the Gray Man: 167
• How Henry Hagglyhoagly Played the Guitar With His Mittens: 175
• Never Kick a Slipper at the Moon: 185
• One StoryOnly the FireBorn Understand Blue: 189
• 8: 203

Bibliographic information

• Title: Rootabaga Stories
• Author: Carl Sandburg
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Harcourt, Brace, 1922
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jun 27, 2006
• Length: 228 pages