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Populated by corn fairies, circus performers, and such memorable characters as Poker Face the Baboon, Hot Dog the Tiger, and Gimme the Ax, Rootabaga Country is built with the homespun poetry of the American frontier. The stories' inspired nonsense -- loaded with rhythm, humor, and tongue-twisting names -- fires the imagination and pulls at the heartstrings. 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