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Greenwillow Books, 1997-22-09

McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm: Three Tall Tales

McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm: Three Tall Tales

Beech Tree Chapter Books

Sid Fleischman, Author

Quentin Blake, Illustrator, Marylin Hafner, Illustrator

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9780688155957

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purchased are all stacked on top of each other at the bottom of a muddy little pond, he thinks he's been bamboozled. But McBroom knows he's got the better of the bargain when the pond dries up to reveal an acre of soil so rich that seeds spring up into full-grown plants in no time and nickels grow into quarters. Illustrations.
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Tall tales meet fertile imagination on McBroom’s magical farm. Laughter and exaggeration abound in this witty celebration of storytelling, resourcefulness, and the rich yield of the unexpected.

Keywords and Themes: Action & Adventure • Chapter Books • Creativity • Exaggeration • Family • Ghost Stories • Girls & Women • Humor • Humorous Stories • Imagination • Ingenuity • Intermediate • Juvenile Fiction • Multigenerational • Readers • Resourcefulness • Short Stories • Stories in Verse (see also Poetry) • Storytelling • Tall Tales • Tradition

Readability • 4.5

Age Range • 6-10

Pages • 64

Subjects • Humorous stories • Tall tales • Farms

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure • Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational • Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry) • Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Intermediate • Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Ghost Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women

When Josh McBroom learns that the eighty acres of Iowa farmland he's purchased are all stacked up on top of each other at the bottom of a muddy little pond, he thinks he's been bamboozled. But McBroom knows he's got the better of the bargain when the pond dries up to reveal an acre of soil so rich that seeds spring up into full-grown plants in no time and even nickels grow into quarters.

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