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Homer Price Paperback – Illustrated, December 29, 2005

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Welcome to Centerburg!  Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want;  where houses are built in a day; and where a boy named Homer Price can foil four slick bandits using nothing but his wits and pet skunk.

The comic genius of Robert McCloskey and his wry look at small-town America has kept readers in stitches for generations!

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    7 - 11 years, from customers
  2. Book 1 of 2
    Puffin
  3. Print length
    160 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    3 - 7
  6. Lexile measure
    1000L
  7. Dimensions
    5.06 x 0.42 x 7 inches
  8. Publisher
    Puffin Books
  9. Publication date
    December 29, 2005
  10. ISBN-10
    0142404152
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0142404157
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Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) wrote and illustrated some of the most honored and enduring children's books ever published. He grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, and spent time in Boston, New York, and ultimately Maine, where he and his wife raised their two daughters. The first ever two-time Caldecott Medal winner, for Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder, McCloskey was also awarded Caldecott Honors for Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer.  He was declared a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2000.  You can see some of his best-loved characters immortalized as statues in Boston's Public Garden and Lentil Park in Hamilton, Ohio.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Puffin Books; Illustrated edition (December 29, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0142404152
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0142404157
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 - 11 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1000L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.06 x 0.42 x 7 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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John Robert McCloskey (September 15, 1914 – June 30, 2003) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He both wrote and illustrated eight picture books and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association recognizing the year's best-illustrated picture book. Four of those eight books were set in Maine: Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder, and Burt Dow, Deep-water Man; the last three all on the coast. His best-known work is another of the picture books, Make Way For Ducklings, set in Boston. In longer works, he both wrote and illustrated Homer Price and he illustrated Keith Robertson's Henry Reed.

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My wife loved reading McCloskey's Blueberries for Sal to our kids when they were little. We weren't aware of Homer Price, which would also make for fun reading for kids as well.McCloskey's illustrations are delightful. Oh, one thing: in the first chapter ("The Case of the Sensational Scent") there are four robbers. Yet, in the scene where they are all in one bed, the illustration shows five robbers. I wonder why...
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Em
5.0 out of 5 stars a favorite, classic read
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2023
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This is a classic book that makes for fun reading. Some of the stories feel very dated, especially in today's highly technological world, but they retain their humor and provide a look at days gone by for youngsters of today.
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Kat
5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2022
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I bought this for my 10 year old because it was his Papa's favorite childhood book. For the "woke" crowd, remember that this book was written in a different time and that's OKAY. It won't kill your child to read a book from a different era, it may even give them a little culture and a different perspective. My son enjoyed it and found it relatable and funny. Homer and his antics are timeless!
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Robert Muhammad
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful revisit to childhood reading
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2014
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I read the tales of Homer Price many years ago. The rereading was as magical today as the first read was during childhood. I highly recommend the book for children. Adults will find it refreshing to journey back to a simpler time in children's literature, where the most ostentatious and obnoxious modern convenience is a doughnut machine.

Centerville is the setting for some wondrous, outlandish tales featuring colorful characters. Super Duper, a Superman hero-type fails to ultimately impress young comic book fans. Miss Terwilliger strikes a blow for women's rights in an appropriate yarn about giant balls of string. Modern day pied piper Michael Murphy comes to town with a better mousetrap and more.

Homer Price is clever, thoughtful and enjoyable. The stories are short, but densely packed with rich characterizations. The book should be a welcome edition to a home library.
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Jennifer Kitchens
5.0 out of 5 stars A Gem
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2020
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This was a hilarious read. My 5-year-old son loves to listen to books, and he and I both enjoyed the six stories in this book. Each story was short enough to read in about fifteen minutes, which is great when reading to a wiggly boy! There were some more old-fashioned words that I had to explain, but that just means his vocabulary expanded.

My son has an extraordinary long attention span when it comes to books, so I think most 8-to-10-year-old kids, especially boys, would be the ideal audience for this book. Anyone old enough to read will also enjoy it, though. I did! Who wouldn't be entertained by stories about doughnuts containing diamonds, superheroes in car wrecks, and a boy and a skunk outwitting four theives?
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Mike & Bethany
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun book!
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2023
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Enjoyable and relatable.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mixed feelings
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2012
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First the bad:
"Homer Price" was my absolute favorite book as a young kid. I recently needed a trip down
a nostalgia path and wanted something valuable from my youth that I could share with my
grandkids. I purchased a used copy of the book through one of the re-sellers on Amazon. The
copy I received was in good physical condition but the margins were filled with foul scribbling
and vulgar graffiti. That made it a book I could no longer share with my grandkids. It would
have cost as much as I paid for it to ship it back so it's in my recycling bin.

Now the EXCELLENT:
I then ordered a NEW copy of "Homer Price" and the sequel "Centerburg Tales". This time,
without the vandalism of the used copy, I was able to read the story and fondly think back to
my childhood friends who also read the book. We'd discuss the book often. At age eight,
Homer Price, might just be the book that made me be a reader.
These are books that I feel every young boy should read. The stories are fun. They come from
a time when writers did not feel the need to be edgy or include a political or societal agenda.
The book is about kids being kids, before the age of 24/7/365 organized sports, TV, Ipad...
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Ashley hall
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2023
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My granddaughters and I love Homer Price stories!
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Katie Manske
5.0 out of 5 stars Homer's adventures are epic.
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2023
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Purchased for my great nephews. They loved the book as much as I did. Homer is a classic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic read
Reviewed in Canada on October 19, 2018
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Took me back to my school days. Certainly the time in which it was written was not PC, but certainly an engaging and fun read.
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G-money
5.0 out of 5 stars Reprint of classic
Reviewed in Australia on January 4, 2023
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Reprint of classic kids book
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M. Pernice
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this as a kid and now as an adult
Reviewed in Germany on February 19, 2017
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I read this over and over as a child and even as a teenager and now enjoy reading it with my son. The illustrations are fantastic and the stories have a magical blend of every day life in mid-century, small-town America combined with outlandish characters and tall-tale mischief.
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はまちゃん
5.0 out of 5 stars 日本語版とセットで英語力向上
Reviewed in Japan on September 4, 2012
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『ゆかいなホーマー君』は小学生のときに読んで非常に面白かった記憶がありました。図書館で偶然日本語版を見つけ懐かしく思い、アマゾンで英語版をcheckしていたら見つかりました。英語版と日本語版を交互に読んで楽しんでいます。
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