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The Caboose Who Got Loose
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The Caboose Who Got Loose Paperback - 1980

by Bill Peet

Katy Caboose is tired of being last, and one day a freak accident allows her to realize her dream of peace and solitude. "Bill Peet rides full throttle with a happy storys".--Christian Science Monitor.


Summary

Katy Caboose is tired of being last, and one day a freak accident allows her to realize her dream of peace and solitude.

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Katy Caboose is tired of being last, and one day an accident allows her to realize her dream of peace and solitude.

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WHEN KATY CABOOSE rambled down the train tracks,

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  • Title The Caboose Who Got Loose
  • Author Bill Peet
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition None
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books, Boston, MA
  • Date 1980-02-19
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780395287156 / 0395287154
  • Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.68 x 8.42 x 0.19 in (24.59 x 21.39 x 0.48 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 1190
  • Library of Congress subjects Stories in rhyme, Railroad trains
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010294151
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

Media reviews

"Bill Peet rides full throttle with a happy story and his beautiful, incredible crayon pictures." Christian Science Monitor

About the author

Bill Peet was the author of 34 books published by Houghton Mifflin. One of these, BILL PEET: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, was named a 1989 Caldecott Honor Book. All of Bill Peet's books published by Houghton Mifflin Company, including his first book for children published in 1959, HUBERT'S HAIR-RAISING ADVENTURE, remain actively in print today. In both his career as an author and illustrator of children's books and in his work as sketch artist and continuity illustrator at Walt Disney, Bill Peet created a menagerie of memorable characters. As he himself noted, I write about animals because I love to draw them. Most of my animal characters have human personalities, and some are much like the people I know. At Walt Disney, where Bill Peet worked for 27 years, he was a key participant in the production of classic films such as Fantasia, Sleeping Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and 101 Dalmatians for which he was not only an artist, but the screenwriter as well. Bill Peet's signature style enabled him to create fast-paced stories of fantastical adventure delivered with warmth and laugh-out-loud hilarity. His unfailing humor did not, however, prevent him from addressing such poignant issues as kindness toward others and respect for the environment. Through the exploits of his characters, Peet offered his audience a chance to see themselves and their world through new eyes. At some point, Bill Peet once said, it occurred to me that drawing was something I couldn't possibly give up, and somehow it must be turned into a profession. He went on to not only fulfill his dream but to introduce generations of young readers to his delightful vision of humor, friendship and compassion.
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