Centerburg Tales: Centerburg Tales: More Adventures of Homer Price

By Robert McCloskey

Book Overview

Centerburg might be your town. Grampa Hercules and his never-ending tall tales, Dulcy Dooner, the uncooperative citizen, unbusinesslike Uncle Ulysses and his friendly lunchroom, the flustered sheriff, the pompous judge--they are all as American as they come. But there's a subtle and delightful difference. In Centerburg, along with the routine of day-to-day living, the most preposterous things keep happening. But nothing fazes Homer Price Ragweeds taller than fire ladders, music that sets a whole town dancing--he solves these problems calmly and efficiently. Homer Price is a boy with a good supply of common sense--and ingenuity Homer's Grampa Hercules is a delightful old rascal and his extravagent reminiscences of his youth are the starting point of many of the episodes. The chapter titles are as enticing as the chapters themselves: The Hide-a-Ride, Looking for Gold, Ever So Much More So, Experiment 13, Grampa Hercules and the Gravitty-Bitties, Pie and Punch and You-Know-Whats. Mr. McCloskey's characters have warmth and kindness and a healthy curiosity; but they are not above a few minor faults and foibles. They are unmistakenably alive. Like Mr. McCloskey himself, they are perpetually amused by the everyday hazards and discrepancies around them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014031072X
• ISBN13: 9780140310726
• Release Date: October 1977
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Homer Price redux

This is a great sequel to the original "Homer Price". Homer and his friends are off on more wacky adventures, each one funnier than the last. The final story, in which Homer and his fellow citizens are literally dancing all over town, is one of the most hilarious children's tales ever written. McCloskey had magic in his writing pen and his drawing pencil; it's hard to say which are better, the stories or the illustrations. Suffice to say that they all add up to a wonderful book for young folks. Highly recommended.

Tall Tales that Stick with you

The Adventures of Homer Price in the quaint town of Centerburg are flat out hilarious. Homer's uncle Hercules quickly sets the tone of disbelief by spinning some yarns that have just enough "truth" to them to be plausible. This is a truly a story of the American Scene in a time when people entertained themselves by gabbing with one another and singing songs together instead of hiding in the basement watching videos. Good old timey values like hucksterism, lying, and cheating face the good natured community of Centerburg and sometimes turn it upside down. Strange things happen in Centerburg, and the curious Homer Price is going to get to the bottom of it. Robert McClosky is also one of our finest illustrators and his lively drawings add texture and background to the story. Highly Recommeded.

This is a lot of fun

The adventures of Homer, Freddie and their friends are a lot of fun to read. You'll laugh when Dulcey Dooner, the town grouch, receives an inheritance from a relative who'd been an inventor and finds that it's far more than he or Centerburg bargain on. This is a great book for kids, including the ones in their 40s and 50s!

An absolute gem......

I read this book and many others by this author over 30 years ago, and my nephew is a current fan. He can't read enough of them. If you have trouble finding books that young boys will enjoy, you can't go wrong with these.

Wonderful read, neat characters, made me want to visit.

I read this book when I was 9 years old, I recommend this book for my nieces and nephew. Henry Reed is an interesting and enterprising character with many adventures to share.