

Rufus M.
Author: Eleanor Estes
Narrator: Christina Moore
Unabridged: 5 hr 3 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/11/2008
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Humor, Classic Children's Stories
Author: Eleanor Estes
Narrator: Christina Moore
Unabridged: 5 hr 3 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/11/2008
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Humor, Classic Children's Stories
Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) grew up in West Haven, Connecticut, which she renamed Cranbury for her classic stories about the Moffat and Pye families. A children’s librarian for many years, she launched her writing career with the publication of The Moffats in 1941. Two of her outstanding books about the Moffats—Rufus M. and The Middle Moffat—were awarded Newbery Honors, as was her short novel The Hundred Dresses. She won the Newbery Medal for Ginger Pye.
Cleanliness Children's Bad Words Mild Obscenities & Substitutions - 11 Incidents: criminenty, shucks Scatological Terms - 1 Incident: Bl**dy (Children play pirates and one is called Bl**dy Jim). Religious Profanities - 26 Incident: Gee, goodness, gracious, mercy on us, gosh Romance Related - 3 Incidents:......more
One of my happiest academic moments was when I persuaded a professor of economics to let me write a paper in which I combined economic theory (of which I knew nothing), several old books by Horatio Alger that must have belonged to my great-grandfather, and the first chapter of Rufus M where he gets......more
I really enjoyed reading this classic. It’s strange to categorize this book as such since it was first written in 1943. Rufus’ various escapades always managed to bring a smile to my face! I learned quite a bit about life during the early 1900s during WW1 as well. The way people bonded together and......more