Author | Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith |
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Cover artist | Lane Smith |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Outer Space |
Genre | children's book |
Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 2001 |
Pages | 40 |
ISBN | 978-0-14-240430-0 |
OCLC | 61661264 |
Baloney (Henry P.) is a children's picture book written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith. It was published in 2001 by Viking Press. [1]
Plot
The story is about an alien schoolchild who has an excellent reason for being late for school – he had blasted off into space.
About the text
The book encourages the reader to work out the meaning of a word from its context. The apparently alien words sprinkled throughout the text are actually from Earth languages.
References
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