Jackrabbit McCabe & the Electric Telegraph
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
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2015]
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | AD930L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.7 0.5 176184. |
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Subject: | Speed > Juvenile fiction. Telegraph > Juvenile fiction. Tall tales > Juvenile literature. |
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Festus Public Library | E Rozier (Text) | 32017000071573 | Picture Books | Checked out | 04/25/2024 |
Jackrabbit Mccabe and the Electric Telegraph
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Summary
Jackrabbit Mccabe and the Electric Telegraph
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? 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." - Publishers Weekly , Starred "Good, quick-moving fun. Kids may marvel that communication existed before the telephone and Internet." - Kirkus Reviews