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The Three Policemen or, Young Bottsford of Farbe Island

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Author(s):William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s):William Pène du Bois
Publisher(s): The Viking Press
Year Published: 1938
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
Humorous
Age Range: Ages 7-9: Short Chapter Books
Pages: 92
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
LCCN: 38022017
OCLC: 1686883

Description

The ingenuity of ten-year-old Bottsford enables the three clownish policemen of an isolated idyllic isle to catch thieves who have been stealing the islanders’ fish and fishing nets.

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Other Editions

The Three Policemen or, Young Bottsford of Farbe Island (1960)

The ingenuity of ten-year-old Bottsford enables the three clownish policemen of an isolated idyllic isle to catch thieves who have been stealing the islanders’ fish and fishing nets.

Read online at archive.org.

Publisher: The Viking Press
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