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Help remember mid-20th century children's book series?
Let's help Mark with his question (found over here: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/26/lazyweb_request_name.html)
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Lazyweb request: name of children's stories from 1940s or 1950s
I'm trying to remember the name of a series of children's stories from the mid-20th century. They were about a boy with a name that begins with the letter H (I think), and in each story, they boy had some kind of improbable adventure.
I read the books (each book has seven or eight stories about the boy) when I was about 10 and all I can remember are bits from two stories -- one where he found a mouse that could sing (which later lost the ability to sing) and another where he accidentally colored his skin with some kind of spray gun hooked up to a garden hose.
If you can tell me the name of this character and provide a link to more information, I'd be grateful.
Let's help Mark with his question (found over here: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/26/lazyweb_request_name.html)
His question, reposted from BoingBoing:
Lazyweb request: name of children's stories from 1940s or 1950s
I'm trying to remember the name of a series of children's stories from the mid-20th century. They were about a boy with a name that begins with the letter H (I think), and in each story, they boy had some kind of improbable adventure.
I read the books (each book has seven or eight stories about the boy) when I was about 10 and all I can remember are bits from two stories -- one where he found a mouse that could sing (which later lost the ability to sing) and another where he accidentally colored his skin with some kind of spray gun hooked up to a garden hose.
If you can tell me the name of this character and provide a link to more information, I'd be grateful.
This post was deleted for the following reason: askme is for your own questions, not everyone's lazyweb
A Boing Boing reader emailed me withing minutes of posting it. The name of the character is Homer Price.
posted by ottomatik at 8:08 PM on September 26, 2006
posted by ottomatik at 8:08 PM on September 26, 2006
Yeah... I read that one too. Sorry about the bad answer.
posted by Doohickie at 8:11 PM on September 26, 2006
posted by Doohickie at 8:11 PM on September 26, 2006
One story featured a Singing Mouse Trap, if I remember correctly (its been about 25 years since I read Homer Price).
posted by Chrischris at 8:14 PM on September 26, 2006
posted by Chrischris at 8:14 PM on September 26, 2006
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posted by Doohickie at 8:06 PM on September 26, 2006