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The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat
Spooky pencil drawings and touches of offbeat humor highlight a new edition of the nursery favorite, with the famous dueling dog and cat fighting it out to the bitter end. By the author of The Sugarplum Tree.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
July 1st 1945
by NorthSouth
(first published 1945)
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May 13, 2011
Valerie
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I've never actually seen this as a stand-alone--it's usually found in collections. So I can't speak to the quality of this edition.
In The Space Child's Mother Goose, there's a version of this poem that begins:
The hydrogen dog and the cobalt cat
Side by side in the armory sat
Nobody thought of fusion or fission
Everyone spoke of their peacetime mission...
And by the end, all that remains are the radioactive decay products of the 'codrogen dog and the hybalt cat'.
Too many people don't seem to grasp t...more
In The Space Child's Mother Goose, there's a version of this poem that begins:
The hydrogen dog and the cobalt cat
Side by side in the armory sat
Nobody thought of fusion or fission
Everyone spoke of their peacetime mission...
And by the end, all that remains are the radioactive decay products of the 'codrogen dog and the hybalt cat'.
Too many people don't seem to grasp t...more
My actually copy is a rejected cast-off from my elementary library. The author is Eugene Field, but the gorgeous, full-colour, illustrations are done by Helen Page.
Also included in the copy is the short poem, The Dinkey-Bird.
Also included in the copy is the short poem, The Dinkey-Bird.
Jan 13, 2013
Annie
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