Homer Price (Puffin Modern Classics) - Softcover

McCloskey, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142404152 ISBN 13: 9780142404157

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group, 2005

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub date: December 2005 Pages: 149 Publisher: Puffin Books Welcome to Centerburg! The Where you CAN win a hundred dollars by eating all withdoughnuts you want; WHERE Houses are Built in a day; and where a boy named Homer Price can foil four slick bandits using nothing but his wits and pet skunk. The comic genius of Robert McCloskey and his wry look at small-town America has kept readers in stitches for generations! Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) wrote and illustrated some of the most honored and enduring children's books ever published. He grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, and spent time in Boston, New York, and ultimately Maine, where he and his wife raised their two daughters. The first ever two-time Caldecott Medal winner, for Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder, McCloskey was also awarded Caldecott Honors for Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer. He was declared a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2000. You can see some of his best-loved characters immortalized as statues in Boston's Public Garden and Lentil Park in Hamilton, Ohio.

Synopsis:

Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0142404152
• ISBN 13: 9780142404157
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Illustrator: McCloskey Robert