Centerburg Tales

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Centerburg Tales is a collection of humorous short stories for children by Robert McCloskey, set in the fictional Midwestern town of Centerburg and featuring the adventures of Homer Price.

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Centerburg Tales canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's book
humorous fiction work
short story collection
author Robert McCloskey NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
features adventures of Homer Price NERFINISHED
genre children's literature
humor
short stories
hasCharacter Homer Price NERFINISHED
residents of Centerburg
hasFictionalLocation Centerburg, Ohio (fictional) NERFINISHED
hasIllustrationsBy Robert McCloskey NERFINISHED
hasTheme humor in everyday situations
ingenuity and problem-solving
small-town life
hasWorkInSeries Centerburg Tales NERFINISHED
Homer Price NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 20th-century American children's literature
literarySeries Homer Price series NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Homer Price NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativeStyle third-person narrative
originalLanguage English
placeInSeries second Homer Price book
publisher The Viking Press
surface form: Viking Press
setting Centerburg NERFINISHED
settingDescription fictional Midwestern town
targetAudience children

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Robert McCloskey notableWork Centerburg Tales
Meredith Lynn Auld notableWork Centerburg Tales