Will Rogers: Larger Than Life
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802786820 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Full color.. Illustrated with over-the-top paintings and told with the legendary humor that Will Rogers himself was so renowned for, this book pays tribute to the spirit and bold adventures of America's most beloved humorist, humanitarian, and lasso artist extraordinaire. There wasn't anything Will Rogers couldn't rope, from his headmaster's horse to a wild zebra on the African plains
Completely adorable. My 5 yr old and 10 yr old nephews now have a new hero in Will Rogers. They claim to hate reading, but they loved this book!
Young Will continues these exploits, even roping things in his sleep. Rather than a cultural icon, he comes across merely as a silly phantasm. . At one point, he gets a crowd in Africa laughing so hard that "their tears ended a twenty-year drought." Encouraged by Lucky Lindy, he tries to rope the whole earth, creating such a big wind that every chicken in the world loses its feathers. Ruth Semrau, formerly at Lovejoy School, Allen, TX Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. It is hard to believe that readers of this book will have any inkling of who Will Rogers was and why he was so important. When he grows older, he travels the world doing tricks and telling jokes. But it just doesn't work. From School Library Journal Grade 1-3 Rogers, an American original, is described in this picture book as a tall-tale hero a la Pecos Bill. An afterword, labeled "The Truth," attempts to clear up any misundersta