Rootabaga Stories
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Rootabaga Stories is a whimsical collection of American fairy tales for children by poet Carl Sandburg, known for its imaginative language and Midwestern folk flavor.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rootabaga Stories canonical | 2 |
| Rootabaga Country | 1 |
| Rootabaga Pigeons | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book
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fairy tale collection ⓘ short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Carl Sandburg ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
journalist
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poet ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Ax Me No Questions
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Gimme the Ax ⓘ Please Gimme ⓘ The Blue Wind Boy ⓘ The Potato Face Blind Man ⓘ The White Horse Girl ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
children's literature
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fairy tale ⓘ fantasy literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeVoice | folktale-like storyteller ⓘ |
| hasPart |
How They Broke Away to Go to the Rootabaga Country
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Many, Many Weddings in One Corner House ⓘ The Potato Face Blind Man ⓘ The White Horse Girl ⓘ
surface form:
The White Horse Girl and the Blue Wind Boy
Three Boys With Jugs of Molasses and Secret Ambitions ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Rootabaga Pigeons ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Rootabaga Stories
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Rootabaga Country
fictional American Midwest ⓘ |
| hasTargetAgeRange | middle-grade children ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Americanization of the fairy tale tradition
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childhood ⓘ imagination ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| illustrator | Maud and Miska Petersham ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | American Midwest folklore ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| intendedToReplace | European-style fairy tales ⓘ |
| isPartOf | American children's literature canon ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
nonsense literature
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whimsical ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Midwestern folk flavor
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imaginative language ⓘ invented place names and words ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harcourt Brace & World
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surface form:
Harcourt, Brace and Company
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Carl Sandburg
subject surface form:
Carl Sandburg
this entity surface form:
Rootabaga Pigeons
this entity surface form:
Rootabaga Country