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Jackrabbit McCabe & the electric telegraph / written by Lucy Margaret Rozier ; illustrated by Leo Espinosa.
Jackrabbit McCabe's unusually long legs have made him the fastest thing around, and he uses his speed for everything from racing against horses to fetching the doctor, but when the electric telegraph arrives in Windy Flats, Jackrabbit may have met his match.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385378437
- ISBN: 0385378432
- ISBN: 9780385378444
- ISBN: 0385378440
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | AD 930 Lexile. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Speed > Fiction. Telegraph > Fiction. Tall tales. |
Available copies
- 24 of 25 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Adams PL Sys. - Decatur Branch | EF ROZ (Text) | 34207001999615 | Juv Fiction Easy | Available | - |
| Adams PL Sys. - Geneva Branch | E ROZ (Text) | 34207001948158 | Juvenile Easy | Available | - |
| Akron Carnegie PL - Akron | JP ROZ (Text) | 75253000050794 | Juvenile Picture Books | Available | - |
| Clinton PL - Clinton | C ROZ (Text) | 3680600420436 | CHILDREN | Available | - |
| Covington-Veedersburg PL - Veedersburg | E ROZ (Text) | 32808000363810 | CVBPLV Easy Fiction: Picturebooks | Available | - |
| Fulton Co PL - Rochester Main Library | EJ ROZ (Text) | 33187003959109 | EJ - Preschool-grade 3 | Available | - |
| Garrett PL - Garrett | JPIC PEOPLE (Text) | 30010170753530 | Juvenile Picture Books | Available | - |
| Greenwood PL - Greenwood | KIDS PICTURE Rozier (Text) | 36626103677407 | 1st Floor Kids Blue Zone | Available | - |
| Hussey-Mayfield Mem. PL - Zionsville | E ROZIER (Text) | 33946003067795 | Easy Picture Books | Available | - |
| Jay Co PL - Portland | E ROZIE (Text) | 76383000438148 | Early Books | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
Complemented by historical facts, a tall tale about a man with impossibly long legs describes how his ability to outrun horses, trains and twisters makes him an ideal messenger until he is finally outperformed by the electric telegraph. Simultaneous eBook. - Random House, Inc.
The fastest man in the West meets his match in this deliciously clever original tall tale. With his extra-long legs, Jackrabbit McCabe can outrun anything on the American frontier: horses, trains, and even twisters. So of course, everyone in the town of Windy Flats always counts on his speed when a message has to get out fast. Then something new comes to town: the telegraph, which can send Morse code messages with the speed of electricity. At first, no one believes the newfangled contraption can deliver a message quicker than Jackrabbit. . . . But in a race between man and machine, who will be left in the dust?
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An author's note includes information about the invention of the telegraph, a Morse code key, and a riddle written in Morse code for kids to transcribe.
"A strikingly accomplished debut.... A terrific tall tale about the costs and opportunities of technology." âPublishers Weekly, Starred
"Good, quick-moving fun. Kids may marvel that communication existed before the telephone and Internet." âKirkus Reviews
