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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
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Human-animal communication -- Juvenile fiction.
Animals -- Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction.
Princes -- Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Human-animal communication -- Juvenile fiction.
Animals -- Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping -- Juvenile fiction.
Princes -- Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.
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The purloining of Prince Oleomargarine / by Mark Twain and Philip C. Stead ; with illustrations by Erin Stead.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2017.
Call #:
FICTION
TWA
Subjects
Human-animal communication -- Juvenile
fiction
.
Animals -- Juvenile
fiction
.
Kidnapping -- Juvenile
fiction
.
Princes -- Juvenile
fiction
.
Kings and rulers -- Juvenile
fiction
.
ISBN:
9780553523225 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
151 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Summary:
Based on a set of unfinished Mark Twain notes for a children's story, this is the tale of Johnny, a young boy with a magical ability to speak to animals who sets off to rescue a stolen prince.
"In a hotel in Paris one evening in 1879, Mark Twain sat with his young daughters, who begged their father for a story. Twain began telling them the tale of Johnny, a poor boy in possession of some magical seeds. Later, Twain would jot down some rough notes about the story, but the tale was left unfinished . . . until now. Plucked from the Mark Twain archive at the University of California at Berkeley, Twain’s notes now form the foundation of a fairy tale picked up over a century later. With only Twain’s fragmentary script and a story that stops partway as his guide, author Philip Stead has written a tale that imagines what might have been if Twain had fully realized this work. Johnny, forlorn and alone except for his pet chicken, meets a kind woman who gives him seeds that change his fortune, allowing him to speak with animals and sending him on a quest to rescue a stolen prince. In the face of a bullying tyrant king, Johnny and his animal friends come to understand that generosity, empathy, and quiet courage are gifts more precious in this world than power and gold. Illuminated by Erin Stead’s graceful, humorous, and achingly poignant artwork, this is a story that reaches through time and brings us a new book from America’s most legendary writer, envisioned by two of today’s most important names in children’s literature."--From publisher.
Audience:
Grades: 4-8. SLJ.
Genre:
Fantasy
fiction
, Juvenile.
Other authors:
Stead, Philip Christian.
Stead, Erin E.
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Woodlawn Public Library
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