Buttons
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2000 - Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
8,000 words, Guess
Page Count
32 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL38691M
- Internet Archivebuttons00broc
- ISBN-100374310017
- ISBN-139780374310011
- Goodreads3766143
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.C67342 Bu 2000
- LCCPZ7.C67342Bu 2000
Description
"Once there was an old man who ate so much his britches burst and his buttons popped one, two, three, into the fire. "Wife! Wife!" he cried. "We are undone! My britches have burst and my buttons are burnt, every one!" After putting her husband to bed, the wife enlists the aid of her three daughters in replacing their father's buttons. The eldest promises to find a rich man who will give her buttons in exchange for her hand in marriage. The second daughter decides to join the army for the sake of the buttons on a soldier's uniform. And the youngest is going to run through the meadows with her apron held out before her, hoping to catch a few buttons falling from the sky. Which of these young ladies will succeed in restoring the family fortunes? The answer is the essential and satisfying stuff of fairy tales. Brock Cole's whimsical prose and pictures make this original story feel like a hundred-year-old classic.
Description
When their father eats so much that he pops the buttons off his britches, each of his three daughters tries a different plan to find replacements.
Subjects
Genres
- Fiction
Other Editions
- Buttons
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