Further adventures of Homer Price, including those in which a juke box sets the whole town singing against its will and in which a mad scientist develops weeds that overrun the town.
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Centerburg Rocks,
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This review is from: Centerburg Tales: More Adventures of Homer Price (Paperback)
I loved the silly stories of Centerburg as a kid and hoped that my nine-year-old nephew would not find the material too dated to understand. No worries! He laughs out loud at the complicated adventures that ensnare Homer Price and his friends. I'm pleased that he's enjoying a book that enlarges his vocabulary and his ideas about life way back in the mid-twentieth century.
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Homer Price redux,
This review is from: Centerburg Tales (Hardcover)
This is a great sequel to the original "Homer Price". Homer and his friends are off on more wacky adventures, each one funnier than the last. The final story, in which Homer and his fellow citizens are literally dancing all over town, is one of the most hilarious children's tales ever written. McCloskey had magic in his writing pen and his drawing pencil; it's hard to say which are better, the stories or the illustrations. Suffice to say that they all add up to a wonderful book for young folks. Highly recommended.
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Tall Tales that Stick with you,
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This review is from: Centerburg Tales (Hardcover)
The Adventures of Homer Price in the quaint town of Centerburg are flat out hilarious. Homer's uncle Hercules quickly sets the tone of disbelief by spinning some yarns that have just enough "truth" to them to be plausible. This is a truly a story of the American Scene in a time when people entertained themselves by gabbing with one another and singing songs together instead of hiding in the basement watching videos. Good old timey values like hucksterism, lying, and cheating face the good natured community of Centerburg and sometimes turn it upside down. Strange things happen in Centerburg, and the curious Homer Price is going to get to the bottom of it. Robert McClosky is also one of our finest illustrators and his lively drawings add texture and background to the story. Highly Recommeded.
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IN EVERY town there is a best place to do everything. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Uncle Ulysses, Grampa Herc, Ginny Lee, Sparrow Courthouse, Dulcy Dooner, Lawyer Stobbs, Curbstone Creek, Posty Pratt, Durpee Dooner, New York, Top Knot, Atlantic City, Homer Price, Saint Patrick's Day, Buster Buyseps, Fire Department, Fourth of July, New Orleans New!
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IN EVERY town there is a best place to do everything. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vitamin plant food, ragweed seeds, bit bitten, whole doughnut, whole hole, hole bitten Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uncle Ulysses, Grampa Herc, Ginny Lee, Sparrow Courthouse, Dulcy Dooner, Lawyer Stobbs, Curbstone Creek, Posty Pratt, Durpee Dooner, New York, Top Knot, Atlantic City, Homer Price, Saint Patrick's Day, Buster Buyseps, Fire Department, Fourth of July, New Orleans New!
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- Life on the Mississippi (Signet Classics) by Mark Twain on page 188
- Homer Price by Robert McCloskey in Front Matter
- Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain on page 188
- Life on the Mississippi (Signet classics) by Mark Twain on page 188
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics) by Mark Twain on page 188
- What Else Should I Read? Guiding Kids to Good Books, Vol. 2 by Matt Berman on page 7, page 154, and page 186
- Hey! Listen to This: Stories to Read Aloud by Jim Trelease on page 75, and page 85
- The Mother-Daughter Book Club: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh and Learn Through Their Love of Reading by Shireen Dodson on page 55, and Back Matter
- Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide Second Edition by Judy Freeman on page 306
- A Landscape with Dragons: The Battle for Your Child's Mind by Michael D. O'Brien in Back Matter
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