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The Rocket Book (Peter Newell Children's Books)
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The Rocket Book (Peter Newell Children's Books) Hardcover - 2001

by Newell, Peter

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Tuttle Publishing, 2001-03-01. Hardcover. Like New. 9x7x0. Book is in like new condition. Very clean. Cover and pages appear barely handled. My shelf location - A-945
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  • Title The Rocket Book (Peter Newell Children's Books)
  • Author Newell, Peter
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 52
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tuttle Publishing, Rutland, Vermont, USA
  • Date 2001-03-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 220317014
  • ISBN 9780804805056 / 0804805059
  • Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.06 x 7.24 x 0.43 in (23.01 x 18.39 x 1.09 cm)
  • Ages 07 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 2 - 7
  • Library of Congress subjects Stories in rhyme, Toy and movable books
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 69012080
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

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. Working over eighty years ago, Newell remains as profoundly enjoyableùand incredibly popularùas ever. Tuttle is proud to be reissuing his three classic works, sure to delight the young and old alike.

In The Rocket Book, you'll Algernon Bracket and Orlando Pease. Find out how a rocket launched from the basement floor of an apartment building is sure to interrupt a personÆs day.

From the publisher

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.

First line

So wrote Philip Hofer, the distinguished authority on graphic art, in his charming 1934 Colophon article about the books of Peter Newell.

About the author

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.