Cole, Brock
Description
Brock Cole's first picture book in nearly ten years
Once there was an old man who ate so much his britches burst and his buttons popped one, two, thr
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ee, into the fire. "Wife! Wife!" he cried. "We are undone! My britches have burst and my buttons are burnt, every one!
After putting her husband to bed, the wife enlists the aid of her three daughters in replacing their father's buttons. The eldest promises to find a rich man who will give her buttons in exchange for her hand in marriage. The second daughter decides to join the army for the sake of the buttons on a soldier's uniform. And the youngest is going to run through the meadows with her apron held out before her, hoping to catch a few buttons falling from the sky. Which of these young ladies will succeed in restoring the family fortunes? The answer is the essential and satisfying stuff of fairy tales. Brock Cole's whimsical prose and pictures make this original story feel like a hundred-year-old classic.
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Genres
Literary Fiction
Tags
Children's fiction
Humorous Stories
FATHERS_FICTION
Reading Moods
Whimsical & Imaginative
Contributors
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Publishing Info
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Month-Year
Mar, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780374310011
ISBN-10: 0374310017
Language
English
No. of Pages
32
Format
Hardcover
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