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A Visit to the Big House
Oliver Butterworth

Houghton Mifflin, 1993

When Willy, Rose, and their mother go to visit Daddy in prison, they are quite anxious. But once Daddy appears and they can talk and ask questions.

The Narrow Passage.

1 review
Oliver Butterworth

Little Brown & Co (T), 1973

Good YA book, unjustly neglected
I recently got this to read to my ten-year-old son for bedtime storytime. He had enjoyed "The Enormous Egg" (as what ten year old boy wouldn't?), and I had hopes for Narrow Passage. Well, it's a very different story. Less overtly fantastical, better written IMHO, and with a very moving theme underlying it all. It's basically about the end of childhood, and saying goodbye to the magic of ...

The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth (Stated First Edition)
Oliver Butterworth

Little, Brown and Company/The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1956

You see, Nate Twitchells hen laid this enormous egg, and tried to hatch it. Nate lived up in Freedom, New Hampshire. His father ran the newspaper there. Nate mostly had to look after the chickens, though he did get to fish once in a while. And then that hen laid such a big egg that Nate had to help her turn it every few hours. Nate worked so hard that it semed to him he practically hatched the egg himself. The hen and Nates father and Dr. Ziemer ...

The Enormous Egg
Oliver Butterworth

Scholastic Book Services, 1975

What in the world came out of that enormous egg? It weighs 13,900 pounds! It measures 20 feet -- and it's not even full grown! No wonder Nate Twitchell's pet rocks his home town in New Hampshire and astounds the nation. "That creature is a Federal offense -- Un-American," cried Senator Granderson. "It's eating the U.S. Government out of house and home!" When Nate hears the fate that is planned for his pet, he is desperate. How can he save it? ...

The Trouble With Jenny's Ear

12 reviews
Oliver Butterworth

Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap), 1993

Can't wait !
When I was in the 5th grade, about 34 years ago, my teacher read this book out loud to the class. We laughed & loved it so much. I've been thinking about this book and was so excited when I found it on Amazon. I plan to read it to my 7-year-old son. I'm sure he'll love it. I can't believe it's still in print.

The Enormous Egg

26 reviews
Oliver Butterworth

Little, Brown Young Readers, 1993

It's An American Egg...
THE ENORMOUS EGG, written in 1956, is the fantastical tale of young Nate Twitchell of Freedom, New Hampshire, who, one fine day, discovers that one of his chickens has hatched out a baby Triceratops. Author Oliver Butterworth has gifted generations with a classic satire on the American economic and political system, peopled by a cast of amusing characters with some really unforgettable names. ...