Here Comes McBroom!: Three More Tall Tales

In the further adventures of Josh McBroom, the crops grow so fast, you'd better step out of the way when you plant corn, red barns turn blue in the cold, and words freeze still in mid-air. "As fresh as ever."—Booklist.

A collection of three previously published stories about the farmer who'd rather sit on a porcupine than tell a lie. Includes "McBroom the Rainmaker," "McBroom's Zoo," and "McBroom's Ghost."

In the further adventures of Josh McBroom, the crops grow so fast, you'd better step out of the way when you plant corn, red barns turn blue in the cold, and words freeze still in mid-air. "As fresh as ever."--Booklist.

Sid Fleischman was awarded the 1987 Newbery Medal for The Whipping Boy. He was born in Brooklyn and grew up in San Diego. He worked as a professional magician and newspaperman before turning to fiction writing. He is a master of the comic novel, and his books have been translated into sixteen languages. A number of them have also been made into motion pictures. The father of three children, he lives in Santa Monica, California.

Quentin Blake was born in London and attended Downing College, Cambridge. His cartoons and illustrations have appeared in Punch, The Spectator, and many other magazines. He began illustrating children's books in 1960. He is the author-artist of Quentin Blake's ABC and All Join In, among many other distinguished books, and the illustrator of many of the stories of Roald Dahl as well as books by Joan Aiken and Russell Hoban. He lives in England.

Children's Literature

The wacky, crazy farmer Josh McBroom tells his tall tales with great relish and young readers will giggle in delight as he recounts his adventures on his farm with amazingly fertile top soil. His soil is so rich that seeds sprout and grow into fruit-bearing plants in minutes, and the McBroom family uses their plants like a clock. Cucumbers grow "an inch a second...kind of like a second hand." This book is a reissue of three McBroom stories: McBroom the Rainmaker, McBroom's Ghost, and McBroom's Zoo. Blake's scratchy, wild illustrations suit the stories perfectly. 1998 (orig.

Since his autobiography, The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life, was published in 1996, Sid Fleischman has been stealing the spotlight with his exuberant brand of nonfiction. Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World is Fleischman's fourth true tale, following the widely acclaimed The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West and the best-selling Escape! The Story of The Great Houdini.

Fleischman's books have been made into films, performed as plays, and translated into nineteen languages. The author was awarded the Newbery Medal for The Whipping Boy. His most recent novel is The Dream Stealer.