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Rootabaga Stories
- Author
- Carl Sandburg
- Narrator
- Bobbie Frohman
- Publish Date
- 20 February 2014
- Run Time
- 3 hours 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Welcome to Rootabaga Country—where the railroad tracks go from straight to zigzag, where the pigs wear bibs, and where the Village of Cream Puffs floats in the wind. You'll meet baby balloon pickers, flummywisters, corn fairies, and blue foxes—and if you're not careful, you may never find your way back home!
Irrepressible, zany, and completely original, these stories are sure to delight children again and again.
Critics Review
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“Glorious.”
New York Times Book Review
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“Takes the home-bred American fantasy of The Wizard of Oz even further.”
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Details
- Author
- Carl Sandburg
- Narrator
- Bobbie Frohman
- Duration
- 3 hours 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 February 2014
- ISBN
- 9781483011646
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories
Synopsis
Welcome to Rootabaga Country—where the railroad tracks go from straight to zigzag, where the pigs wear bibs, and where the Village of Cream Puffs floats in the wind. You'll meet baby balloon pickers, flummywisters, corn fairies, and blue foxes—and if you're not careful, you may never find your way back home!Irrepressible, zany, and completely original, these stories are sure to delight children again and again.
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