Project Gutenberg 2005-12-08 Public domain in the USA. 101 Newell, Peter 1862 1924 Newell, P. S. (Peter S.) The Slant Book Produced by Jason Isbell, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "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 ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Children's poetry Stories in rhyme Humorous poetry PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Poetry Category: Humour 42410 2025-07-07T10:34:11.517801 text/html 37201 2020-12-13T09:52:03 text/html 1709242 2025-07-07T10:34:13.890766 application/epub+zip 1707154 2025-07-07T10:34:12.068762 application/epub+zip 33319 2025-07-07T10:34:11.755746 application/epub+zip 1738937 2025-07-07T10:34:15.271739 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1728807 2025-07-07T10:34:13.495733 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 60117 2022-09-08T10:05:39.404086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 26525 2025-07-07T10:34:11.262789 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26392 2020-12-13T09:52:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19950 2025-07-07T10:34:15.400742 application/rdf+xml 25026 2025-07-07T10:34:11.812768 image/jpeg 4423 2025-07-07T10:34:11.784755 image/jpeg 1672560 2020-12-13T09:52:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 10071 2020-12-13T09:52:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 1701704 2025-07-07T10:34:11.592819 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia