Jackrabbit McCabe and the Electric Telegraph

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Lucy Margaret Rozier, Leo Espinosa, Leo Espinosa

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Random House Books for Young Readers
15 September 2015

Picture storybooks

A deliciously clever tall tale--perfect for the Common Core classroom--in which the fastest man in the West meets his match.

The fastest man in the West meets his match in this deliciously clever original tall tale.

With his extra-long legs, Jackrabbit McCabe can outrun anything on the American frontier- horses, trains, and even twisters. So of course, everyone in the town of Windy Flats always counts on his speed when a message has to get out fast. Then something new comes to town- the telegraph, which can send Morse code messages with the speed of electricity. At first, no one believes the newfangled contraption can deliver a message quicker than Jackrabbit. . . . But in a race between man and machine, who will be left in the dust?

An author's note includes information about the invention of the telegraph, a Morse code key, and a riddle written in Morse code for kids to transcribe.

""A strikingly accomplished debut.... A terrific tall tale about the costs and opportunities of technology."" -Publishers Weekly, Starred

""Good, quick-moving fun. Kids may marvel that communication existed before the telephone and Internet."" -Kirkus Reviews

By: Lucy Margaret Rozier
Illustrated by: Leo Espinosa, Leo Espinosa
Imprint: Random House Books for Young Readers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 295mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 437g
ISBN: 9780385378437
ISBN 10: 0385378432
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 15 September 2015
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lucy Margaret Rozier makes her picture-book debut with Jackrabbit McCabe and the Electric Telegraph. She grew up folk dancing and drawing in North Carolina and worked for many years as a fine artist and a commercial artist in the Boston area. She has two grown daughters and lives in her native North Carolina with her husband and their dog, Rosie. Leo Espinosa's illustrations have graced the pages of the New Yorker, Wired, Esquire, and the New York Times, among many other publications. He is also a commercial artist whose work can be seen on toys, games, stationery, and clothing. Originally from Bogota, Colombia, he lives with his family in Salt Lake City. Learn more at studioespinosa.com.

Reviews for Jackrabbit McCabe and the Electric Telegraph

Rozier makes a strikingly accomplished debut; her appropriately brisk prose has the perfect blend of folksy lilt and knowing wink. Espinosa ( Otis and Rae and the Grumbling Splunk ) is just as successful: his crisply angular drawings, comic expressiveness, and cinematic framings bring to mind Chuck Jones s classic 'Dover Boys' cartoon. Publishers Weekly starred review