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Solomon the Rusty Nail (Michael Di Capua Books)
Paperback, 32 pages
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (1987-09-01)
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Amazon Description
tale of magical transformation from William Steig. Its hero, young Solomon, is an ordinary
rabbit--well, ordinary in every respect but one. Whenever he scratches his nose and wiggles
his toes at exactly the same time, he turns into a rusty nail. To turn back into a rabbit, all he has
to do is thing: "I'm no nail, I'm a rabbit!"
This unusual talent enables Solomon to play some gratifying practical jokes, but it also leads to serious trouble when he's waylaid by a one-eyed cat who plans to turn him into Hasenpfeffer. Solomon promptly becomes a rusty nail and steadfastly refuses to change back, even after Ambrose, the cat, and his wife, Clorinda, lock him up in a cage in their guest room. Sooner or later, they figure, they'll be dining no bunny stew. How can Solomon possibly find a way out of this dilemma?
One Potato Review
Of all things. This magical ability that Solomon discovers quite by accident (he scratches his nose and wiggles his toes at exactly the same time) becomes a party trick, an afterthought, and finally a means of escaping the ravenous Ambrose, a cat who looks like he hasn’t had very much luck at this sort of thing, and grumps and stomps around as Solomon continues to frustrate his grandest ambitions. There’s mortal peril here, and plain old mischief, but, oh, the language! “Quit the hanky panky, you stubborn piece of junk,” fumes Ambrose, near the end of his patience. “Turn back into a bunny, at once!” Here is one of the great children’s writers of our time, at his whimsical, exuberant best.
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