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Homer Price

by Robert McCloskey · first published 1943

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Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.

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What Hacker News says

  • al_borland · Oct 11, 2026 · Recommends

    Homer Price by Robert McCloskey. It was one of the few books I actually remember enjoying as a kid.

    on “Ask HN: What's your favorite children's books?” ↗
  • paulmd · May 5, 2022 · Recommends

    …NIMH From the Mixed Up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler The Egypt Game The Phantom Tollbooth (young) Holes (little older) Sideways Stories from Wayside School (young) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Homer Price (easy reading) The Indian in the Cupboard Misty of Chincoteague (series) Aesop’s Fables (young) The Eye, the Ear, and the Arm Redwall series Watership Down (I'll throw in the Discworld series too…

    on “The original “Bambi”” ↗

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