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Title: The Slant Book

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Summary: "The Slant Book" by Peter Newell is a whimsical children's poem published in the early 20th century. This book narrates the adventurous escapades of a boy named Bobby whose runaway go-cart wreaks havoc as it careens down a steep hill. Through its playful and illustrative verses, the book captures the chaos and joyful mischief of childhood, making it a delightful read for young audiences. The story follows Bobby’s thrilling ride as his go-cart breaks away and accelerates downhill, causing various comical incidents along the way. Bobby’s wild journey includes colliding with a police officer, smashing through a painter's supplies, and creating chaos at a picnic. Each encounter is met with humorous consequences that highlight the silliness and excitement of a child’s imagination. Ultimately, the go-cart's thrilling descent concludes when it crashes into a tree, allowing Bobby to make a graceful exit into a heap of hay, leaving readers with a sense of cheerful mayhem and delight. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Author: Newell, Peter, 1862-1924

EBook No.: 17254

Published: Dec 8, 2005

Downloads: 96

Language: English

Subject: Children's poetry

Subject: Stories in rhyme

Subject: Humorous poetry

LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

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2025-08-09T11:25:14Z The Slant Book

This edition has images.

Title: The Slant Book

Credits: Produced by Jason Isbell, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net.

Summary: "The Slant Book" by Peter Newell is a whimsical children's poem published in the early 20th century. This book narrates the adventurous escapades of a boy named Bobby whose runaway go-cart wreaks havoc as it careens down a steep hill. Through its playful and illustrative verses, the book captures the chaos and joyful mischief of childhood, making it a delightful read for young audiences. The story follows Bobby’s thrilling ride as his go-cart breaks away and accelerates downhill, causing various comical incidents along the way. Bobby’s wild journey includes colliding with a police officer, smashing through a painter's supplies, and creating chaos at a picnic. Each encounter is met with humorous consequences that highlight the silliness and excitement of a child’s imagination. Ultimately, the go-cart's thrilling descent concludes when it crashes into a tree, allowing Bobby to make a graceful exit into a heap of hay, leaving readers with a sense of cheerful mayhem and delight. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Reading Level: Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Author: Newell, Peter, 1862-1924

EBook No.: 17254

Published: Dec 8, 2005

Downloads: 96

Language: English

Subject: Children's poetry

Subject: Stories in rhyme

Subject: Humorous poetry

LoCC: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

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