The Wonderful O (New York Review Children's Collection)

The Wonderful O (New York Review Children's Collection)
- 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 First Edition, First Printing 2009. Published by The New York Review of Books.
Black and Littlejack are bad men. Littlejack has a map that indicates the existence of a treasure on a far and lonely island. He needs a ship to get there. Black has a ship. So they team up and sail off on Blackâ€™s vessel, the Aeiu. â€œA weird uncanny name,â€ remarks Littlejack, â€œlike a nightbird screaming.â€ Black explains that itâ€™s all the vowels except for O. O he hates since his mother got wedged in a porthole. They couldnâ€™t pull her in so they had to push her out.

Black and Littlejack arrive at the port of the far and lonely island and demand the treasure. No one knows anything about it, so they have their henchmen ransack the placeâ€”to no avail. But Black has a better idea: he will take over the island and he will purge it of O.

The vicissitudes visited on the islanders by Black and Littlejack, the harsh limits of a life sans O (where shoe is she and woe is we), and how finally with a little luck and lots of pluck the islanders shake off their tyrannical interlopers and discover the true treasure for themselves (Oh yesâ€”and get back their Oâ€™s)â€”these are only some of the surprises that await readers of James Thurberâ€™s timelessly zany fairy tale about two louts who try to lock up the languageâ€”and lose.Â
Country USA
Brand NYR Children's Collection
Manufacturer NYR Children's Collection
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber FBA-|286403
ReleaseDate 2009-03-31
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590173091

Country	USA
Brand	NYR Children's Collection
Manufacturer	NYR Children's Collection
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	FBA-\|286403
ReleaseDate	2009-03-31
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781590173091

The Wonderful O (New York Review Children's Collection)

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