Farmer Palmer's Wagon Ride
Author | : William Steig |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2013-07-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781466808553 |
ISBN-13 | : 1466808551 |
Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Caldecott Medal-winning author/illustrator William Steig's classic children's book, Farmer Palmer's Wagon Ride is "a joyous slapstick farce with a breezy text that rushes headlong...from one hilarious misadventure to another" (The Horn Book). An ALA Notable Children's Book Farmer Palmer, a pig, and his hired hand Ebenezer, a donkey, have a fine morning selling their leeks, turnips, and lettuce at the market. By noon they're on their way home with a new straw hat for Ebenezer and gifts for the whole Palmer family. But before long, harum-scarum gusts of wind sweep through, setting off a "comically hapless journey" (Booklist, starred review).