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The Old Tobacco Shop
William Bowen
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"How many children were there that you didn't have?" said Freddie, to change the subject. Aunt Amanda did not understand this at first, but she finally saw what he meant. What did he mean? you may say. What he meant was—well, it is perfectly clear, but it is hard to explain. Anyway, Aunt Amanda understood him. "Three," said she. "Bobby was the oldest, and Jenny next, and James was the littlest one."
"Did they all go to school?"
"Oh dear no. Only Bobby. And once he played hookey, and was gone all day, and didn't come home until after dark, all muddy. I was terribly worried. He was a very mischievous boy, but he was his—mother's—own——"
"Did he play marbles for keeps?"
"Yes, but he went to Sunday-school just as regular, and liked it, and——"
"He liked it?"
"Yes, of course, and he always took good care of Jenny&md. . . Read More
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This is so very good. I'm surprised it was so difficult to find a copy. I'd recommend this to an 8 year old as a read-aloud. It reads a little like a Dickens or Jane Austen novel at times with mention of a place called High Dudgeon and the rag-bone man.
Aunt Amanda, referring to her lost children: “Y
The Old Tobacco Shop by William Bowen
The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell A Little Boy in Search of Adventure, written by William Bowen, was selected as a Newbery Honor Book in 1922.
Freddie, newly settled in a fine-two story brick row house in a city on the banks of the Patapsco Riv
This is a fun read with charming characters who go on an adventure together. Reminded me of Mary Poppins or Wizard of Oz. It would be fun to read this out loud to a 4th or 5th grader. Don’t know how I missed it as a kid!
Magic tobacco. Enough said.
Selected - along with
Cedric the Forester
,
The Windy Hill
,
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
, and
The Great Quest
- as a Newbery Honor Book in 1922, the year the award was first established, William Bowen's The Old Tobacco Shop is the kind of surreal children
While reading this book, I couldn't decide whether I liked it or not. It's a Newberry Honor book from 1923, so I was expecting it to be a bit dated. That shouldn't make a difference, though, but I'm now curious as to the required quality of work in the 20s that would award such a book as this with a
This was an odd book for me. It's a 1922 Newberry honor book otherwise I never would have tried it or known about it. It has a kind of Alice in Wonderland quality to it. Tim Burton would have a Great time with this book. I got impatient with this nonsensical type of adventure they were on (and even
This is a Newbery Honor book (1922) and it's probably not for everyone. Initially I was all over the place with it and then decided to abandon my 21st c sensibilities and read it for what it is: a book written in 1922 for children. I suspect that it was intended as a read-aloud given the young age o