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Penrod

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Author(s):Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s):Gordon Grant
Publisher(s): Doubleday, Page & Co.
Year Published: 1914
Type: Hardcover
Genre: American
Boys Growing Up
Families
Fiction - Novel
Humorous
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 345
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
ISBN-10: 0809532581
ISBN-13: 9780809532582
OCLC: 625257

Description

A saga of the American boy, in the days when the stable behind the house was empty but had not yet become a garage. Read online at archive.org.

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Other Editions

Penrod: His Complete Story (1931)

This omnibus edition contains the best of Penrod, Penrod and Sam and Penrod Jashber.

Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
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Other Sequels

Penrod and Sam (1916)

Further adventures of Penrod Schofield and his friend Sam Williams, culminating in the dance party at Amy Rennsdale’s -- “Must ‘a’ got your bumpus!” Read online at archive.org.

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Co.
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Penrod Jashber (1929)

Further adventures of Penrod and Sam.

Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
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Bye Bye Baby (1989)

The baby did not have a mommy so he set out one day to find one. And then he needed a daddy so they both set out to find one.

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