This second volume of unique fairy tales includes stories originally published in 1923. Each reflects the warmth of a midwestern childhood, a zest for life, and a love of the American language that has never been equaled.
Miska Petersham Books




Rootabaga Stories
- 176 pages
- 7 hours of reading
This first volume of unique fairy tales includes stories originally published in 1923. Each reflects the warmth of a midwestern childhood, a zest for life, and a love of the American language that has never been equaled. This gorgeous new edition of the first, and some say the only, genuinely American fairy tales contains a full-color, full-page plate for each of the twenty-four stories.
The antics of Baby Elephant as his mother tries to teach him to eat with a spoon at the clown family's dining table.