Barnaby
Details |
|
| Author(s): | Crockett Johnson |
| Illustrator(s): | Crockett Johnson |
| Publisher(s): | Henry Holt and Company |
| Year Published: | 1943 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | American Boys Growing Up Fantasy - American Humorous |
| Age Range: | Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books |
| Pages: | 361 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 705672897 |
Description
Barnaby was a comic strip which began April 20, 1942 in the newspaper PM and was later syndicated in 64 American newspapers (for a combined circulation of more than 5,500,000).
Barnaby wishes for a fairy godmother and gets Mr. O’Malley, a cigar smoking Irish fairy godfather.
Read online at archive.org.
Discuss Barnaby in our Community ForumOther Sequels
Barnaby and Mr. O’Malley (1944)
Further adventures of five year old Barnaby and his fairy godfather Jackeen J. O’Malley.
Barnaby Volume One (2013)
This first volume of the complete Barnaby comic strip covers 1942-1943, as Barnaby first meets his Fairy Godfather, Jackeen J. O’Malley, a cigar smoking Irishman.
Read online at archive.org.
Barnaby Volume Two (2014)
Further adventures of Barnaby, a precocious five year old and his Fairy Godfather, Mr. O’Malley. These strips were originally published in 1944-1945.
Barnaby Volume Three (2015)
Barnaby, a precocious five year old, tries to restrain his Fairy Godfather, Jackeen J. O’Malley a cigar smoking Irishman.
Recommended Books
The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger (1913)
The Cowardly Lion and Hungry Tiger decide to test their virtue and pass. Read online at gutenberg.org.
Henry Reed’s Think Tank (1986)
Henry Reed and Midge Glass set up a consulting service in Grover’s Corner.
Availability
Buy your own copy of this book.
Please click a tab to view the availability of this book.
Logging you in...