The Rocket Book

by Peter Newell

Overview

The upward progress of a rocket, lit in the basement by the janitor's son, causes some strange situations as it passes through twenty floors of apartments.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013942028
Publisher:	Raedan Bocs
Publication date:	02/15/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	54
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Peter Newell was an American artist and author. He illustrated books for several famous authors before beginning his own writing and illustrating career. Most notably, he illustrated Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass” and Mark Twain’s “Innocents Abroad.” Newell further built his career drawing illustrations and writing poems that appeared in such magazines as “Harper’s Weekly” and “The Saturday Evening Post.”

Born Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell (b. 1862 – d. 1924), Newell began drawing at a young age on anything possible such as barn doors and wagon wheels. He continued to draw once out of high school, creating crayon portraits. Newell knew, however, that he was drawn toward cartoon illustrations and began to submit illustrations to magazines and was quickly accepted into the publishing world with open arms.