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The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo with Seventeen other Laughable Tales and 200 Comical Silhouettes is a children's book written and illustrated by John Bennett. This is a collection of fairy tales and short stories, some in verse, which take place variously in China, Persia, Europe, and America. Some of the pieces were first published in St. Nicholas Magazine before being collected here. The book was first published in 1928 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1929.
Table of Contents:
- The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo
- The Astonishing Story of the Caliph's Clock
- Ye Lily Mayden and Ye Lyttel Taylor-Boye
- The Story of the Fool Who Was Willing
- The Proud Miss O'Haggin
- Abijah's Fourth of July
- Little Peter and the Giant
- A Jest of Little John
- The Land of the Impossible
- The Cat, The Cow, the Dog, and the Dairymaid
- The Persian Columbus
- The Barber of Sari-Ann
- Fritz the Master-Fiddler
- Ben Ali the Egyptian
- Granger Grind and Farmer Mellow
- How Cats Came to Purr
- Ye Ballad of Scullion Jack
- Hans the Otherwise
- Ye Olde Tyme Tayle
- The Merry Pieman and the Don's Daughter
- The Basket
- How It All Ended
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