Rootabaga Stories, Carl Sandburg
Rootabaga Stories, Carl Sandburg
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Rootabaga Stories

Author: Carl Sandburg

Narrator: Bobbie Frohman

Unabridged: 3 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2014

Synopsis

Welcome to Rootabaga Country—where the railroad tracks go from straight to zigzag, where the pigs wear bibs, and where the Village of Cream Puffs floats in the wind. You'll meet baby balloon pickers, flummywisters, corn fairies, and blue foxes—and if you're not careful, you may never find your way back home!Irrepressible, zany, and completely original, these stories are sure to delight children again and again.

About Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, first in 1940 for his biography of Abraham Lincoln and again in 1951 for Complete Poems. In 1952, he was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for History. Before becoming known as a poet, he worked as a milkman, an ice harvester, a dishwasher, a salesman, a fireman, and a journalist. Among his classics are the Rootabaga Stories, which he wrote for his young daughters at the beginning of his long and distinguished literary career.

About Bobbie Frohman

Bobbie Frohman, a third generation Californian, was raised in a large extended family, the niece of cowboys. Early on she developed a deep love of animals, training her dogs to perform with her at dog shows, and as a competitive barrel racer with her beloved horse, Lucky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gale on May 26, 2013

AMERICAN FAIRY TALES Carl Sandburg, winner of Pulitzer Prizes both for his biography of Abraham Lincoln and for his COMPLETE POEMS, explores another genre in ROOTABAGA STORIES, fairy tales that he wrote for his daughters. When asked how he wrote the stories, Sandburg replied, "The children asked que......more

Goodreads review by ALLEN on September 14, 2018

Isn't it delightful to find an established poet or author who also wrote delightful kids' stories? T.S. Eliot was one, of course (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats), and had I not moved to the Midwest as a young adult, I'm not sure I'd ever have learned of these wonderful Rootabaga Stories by big-......more

Goodreads review by Chab on April 24, 2008

Carl Sandburg's ROOTABAGA STORIES remain unique in American Literature. I regard the best ones as prose poetry and as among my own favorite Sandburg poems. My own personal favorites: The Two Skyscrapers Who Decided to Have a Child This is the most beautiful and touching of all the Rootabaga Stories. I......more

Goodreads review by F. Kim on January 31, 2022

The original edition of this book had an accompanying vinyl LP recording, which I am fortunate to own a copy of. This is a bedtime book intended to put kids to sleep, and the LP, specifically the recording of Sandburg himself reading the stories … (there are many attempts to replicate Sandburg’s ver......more

Quotes

“Glorious.” New York Times Book Review

“Takes the home-bred American fantasy of The Wizard of Oz even further.” School Library Journal

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