The Rocket Book (Peter Newell Children's Books) [Hardcover]

Peter Newell (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Peter Newell Children's Books

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.

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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.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 52 pages
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing (March 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804805059
• ISBN-13: 978-0804805056
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #634,734 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars incredibly entertaining artwork!, December 13, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Rocket Book (Dover classics for children) (Paperback)

I read this book to my children when they were small in 1985. We had checked it out from the public library. I laughed so hard at not only the story, but the expressions on the apartment dwellers faces as the rocket continued to burst its' way up through their apartments on its' trip out the top of the building! I have been searching for my own copy ever since, and am excited to have found it at Amazon.com. It will be a welcome addition to my own library, and I will certainly be sharing it later with my three little grand-daughters. I'm already laughing in anticipation of its arrival in the mail! Debra S. Metzger, Bullhead City, Arizona

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "Hole" Story, January 30, 2003

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J. Brown "aislyn" (Brookline, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rocket Book (Dover classics for children) (Paperback)

This is a fabulous book, I remember it from my childhood and my family still refers back to it to this day. There is just something so endearing about the concept and execution that is uniquely Newell. The illustrations are vintage and expressive. The text hilarious. Only a curmudgeon wouldn't like this book. I'm glad to see it available again.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun book., January 1, 2008

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This review is from: The Rocket Book (Peter Newell Children's Books) (Hardcover)

This book was a really fun read aloud book. Written in an old form of English and for a picture book was fairly long. The pictures were very funny.