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THE TALE OF DADDY LONGLEGS: ILLUSTRATED EDITION - WRITTEN BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYThe Tale of Daddy Longlegs: Someone new had suddenly appeared in Pleasant Valley. He seemed to have taken up residence at the old stone wall and he was very strange. The other neighbors had never seen the likes of him before. He wore striped trousers with eight pants legs to accommodate each of his eight very long legs. They called him Daddy Longlegs. “He’s hard of hearing,” said one of the neighbors. “Only when he wants to avoid answering questions!” said someone else. Yes Daddy Longlegs was very strange. And so the adventure begins. Venture into another delightful tale by Arthur Scott Bailey and illustrated by Harry L. Smith, as the story unfolds and gentle lessons are taught. Short chapters make this charming tale ideal for bedtime reading. Edited and presented for a new generation of young readers and for little hands to hold and to love. Recommended by The Gunston Trust for Nonviolence in Children's Literature. Ages 3-8+Look for The Gunston Bunnies!!

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Arthur Scott Bailey (1877-1949) was author of more than forty children's books. Bailey attended St. Albans Academy and graduated in 1896, in a class of only eleven other students. He then went on to the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, where he became involved in a fraternal organization, Sigma Phi. However, he left UVM in 1901 and transferred to Harvard, where he earned his bachelor's degree. In 1904 he travelled to New York City and became an editor for various publishers. Which publishers these were is unknown, with the exception of the Macaulay Company, where he was working in early 1915. Among his most famous works are: Sleepy-Time Tales: The Tale of Frisky Squirrel (1915), Sleepy-Time Tales: The Tale of Peter Mink (1916), Tuck-me-in Tales: The Tale of Jasper Jay (1917), Tuck-me-in Tales: The Tale of Buster Bumblebee (1918), Slumber-Town Tales: The Tale of Henrietta Hen (1921) and Slumber-Town Tales: The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot (1921).

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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Excerpt from The Tale of Daddy LonglegsBeing quite Old, Mr. Crow was very wise. And people Often sought his Opin ion, though later they fell into the habit Of consulting Daddy Longlegs upon mat ters they did not understand. But this was before Daddy was known in Pleas ant Valley.Upon hearing Rusty Wren's news a good many Of his neighbors hurried to the place where Rusty had noticed the strange tracks.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.