Poppy Ott and the galloping snail by Leo Edwards
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"Poppy Ott and the Galloping Snail" by Leo Edwards is a children's adventure novel written in the late 1920s. The book revolves around the exploits of Jerry Todd and his clever friend, Poppy Ott, as they embark on a hitchhiking adventure filled with mystery and humor. The story mixes elements of friendship, ingenuity, and the excitement of discovering quirky characters and unusual situations along their travels. The opening of the story introduces
Jerry Todd as he struggles under the sun and laments about his lack of ice cream, while highlighting his camaraderie with Poppy Ott, who is described as a resourceful and fun-loving character. The two boys set off on a hitchhiking trip with high hopes and big dreams, only to find themselves in a desolate stretch of highway with no cars in sight. As evening draws near, they make plans to navigate the challenges ahead, leading them to encounter a mysterious farmer's mansion and hints of supernatural occurrences within it. The chapter sets a whimsical tone while establishing the central characters and hinting at the adventure filled with comedic mishaps and unexplainable phenomena they are about to embark on. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Edwards, Leo, 1884-1944 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Salg, Bert, 1881-1938 |
| Title | Poppy Ott and the galloping snail |
| Original Publication | New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. |
| Credits | David Edwards, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 91.9 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Humorous stories |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Subject | Boys -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Illinois -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 71367 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-71367-0 |
| Release Date | Aug 8, 2023 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 442 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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