Rootabaga Stories: Part Two by Sandburg, Carl - 1989

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harcourt Children's Books, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harcourt Children's Books, 1989. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harcourt Children's Books, 4/10/1989 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Very Good. 0.9000 10.2000 8.0000. Hardcover in very good condition. Inscription on inside cover. Other than that, all inside pages are in great shape. Minor shelf wear to the dust jacket.

Harcourt Children's Books, 1989. Hard cover. Like New/Good. Hague, Michael. The dustjacket has some short tears and chipping. This second volume of unique fairy tales includes stories originally published in 1923. Each reflects the warmth of a midwestern childhood, a zest for life, and a love of the American language that has never been equaled. Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg was widely regarded as "a major figure in contemporary literature", especially for volumes of his collected verse, including Chicago Poems (1916), Cornhuskers (1918), and Smoke and Steel (1920). He enjoyed "unrivaled appeal as a poet in his day, perhaps because the breadth of his experiences connected him with so many strands of American life", and at his death in 1967, President… Read More

Harcourt Children's Books, 1989. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. The second volume of Carl Sandburg's joyous fairy tales, "Rootabaga Stories, Part II," includes stories about Big People Now and Little People Long Ago; about the Letter X and How It Got into the Alphabet; about Four Boys Who Had Different Dreams; about Bugs and Eggs; about Hatrack the Horse, Wild Babylonian Baboons, and Bozo the Button Buster - each packed with a zest for life and a love of the American language and experience that have never been equaled. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet wrote these tales for his daughters when they were growing up. A midwestern childhood is shown as full of warmth and wonder. These stories have graced our own children's lives and been part of our literary heritage since 1923. In this handsome new edition, Sandburg's stories are illustrated in full color for the first time. Michael Hague, America's preeminent illustrator of Children's books, has created a distinctive full-page… Read More

Harcourt Children's Books. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Very Good dust jacket. Former Library book. Part 2. (children, fiction, short stories) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.