Homer Price, (Paperback)

from stevetempo

Wonderful stuff! I remember reading this one on a family vacation. I remember thinking how I could build the donut machine.

from tgraettinger

A classic collection of stories that wrap you up like a warm blanket. Includes "The Doughnuts", "Mystery Yarn" (about the string collections and the laps around the horse track), "Nothing New under the Sun (Hardly)" (a pied-piper-like tale), and "Wheels of Progress" (about look-alike suburbia)

from MerryMary

How can I explain the smile on my face and the delight in my heart when I remember this book? A true classic for us 1950s children. The doughnut machine, the ball-of-string contest, the pageant with the "edible fungus growing in the wilderness." I can't pick a favorite. Highest recommendation.

from MerryMary

How can I explain the smile on my face and the delight in my heart when I remember this book? A true classic for us 1950s children. The doughnut machine, the ball-of-string contest, the pageant with the "edible fungus growing in the wilderness." I can't pick a favorite. Highest recommendation.

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

I don't remember loving this as a child, but then, I probably thought it was too much of a boys' book.  The irony is, that it isn't really even so much a kids' book.  So much subversion and symbolism!  The donut adventure, reminiscent of Sorcerer's Apprentice.  The battle of t...