{"product_id":"books-centerburg-tales-by-robert-mccloskey","title":"Centerburg Tales","description":"Centerburg \u003ci\u003emight\u003c\/i\u003e be your town. Grampa Hercules and his never-ending tall tales, Dulcy Dooner, the uncooperative citizen, unbusinesslike Uncle Ulysses and his friendly lunchroom, the flustered sheriff, the pompous judge-they are all as American as they come. But there's a subtle and delightful difference. In Centerburg, along with the routine of day-to-day living, the most preposterous things keep happening.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But nothing fazes Homer Price! Ragweeds taller than fire ladders, music that sets a whole town dancing-he solves these problems calmly and efficiently. Homer Price is a boy with a good supply of common sense-and ingenuity!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Homer's Grampa Hercules is a delightful old rascal and his extravagent reminiscences of his youth are the starting point of many of the episodes. The chapter titles are as enticing as the chapters themselves- The Hide-a-Ride, Looking for Gold, Ever So Much More So, Experiment 13, Grampa Hercules and the Gravitty-Bitties, Pie and Punch and You-Know-Whats.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mr. McCloskey's characters have warmth and kindness and a healthy curiosity; but they are not above a few minor faults and foibles. They are unmistakenably alive. Like Mr. McCloskey himself, they are perpetually amused by the everyday hazards and discrepancies around them.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53509401575697,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780140310726.jpg?v=1778160986","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/products\/books-centerburg-tales-by-robert-mccloskey","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}