Category Archives: Rootabaga

The Rootabaga Stories of Carl Sandburg are marvelous bits of nonsense for children from a man best known for his poetry. Ch01 How They Broke Away to Go to the Rootabaga Country

Ch02 How They Bring Back the Village of Cream Puffs When the Wind Blows It Away

Ch03 How Five Rusty Rats Helped Find A New Village

Ch04 The Potato Face Blind Man Who Lost the Diamond Rabbit on his Gold Accordion

Ch05 How the Potato Face Blind Man Enjoyed Himself on a Fine Spring Morning

Ch06 Poker Face the Baboon and Hot Dog the Tiger

Ch07 The Toboggan-to-the-Moon Dream of the Potato Face Blind Man

Ch08 How Gimme the Ax Found Out About the Zigzag Railroad and Who Made It Zigzag

Ch09 The Story of Blixie Bimber and the Power of the Gold Buckskin Whincher

Ch10 The Story of Jason Squiff and Why He Had a Popcorn Hat Popcorn Mittens and Popcorn Shoes

Ch11 The Story of Rags Habakuk, the Two Blue Rats, and the Circus Man Who Came with Spot Cash Money

Ch12 The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was in It

Ch13 How the Hat Ashes Shovel Helped Snoo Foo

Ch14 Three Boys With Jugs of Molasses and Secret Ambitions

Ch15 How Bimbo the Snip’s Thumb Stuck to His Nose When the Wind Changed

Ch16 The Two Skyscrapers Who Decided to Have a Child

Ch17 The Dollar Watch and the Five Jack Rabbits

Ch18 The Wooden Indian and the Shaghorn Buffalo

Ch19 The White Horse Girl and the Blue Wind Boy

Ch20 What Six Girls with Balloons Told the Gray Man on Horseback