The 3 policemen, or, Young Bottsford of Farbe Island

Date:

[1960]

Author:

Pène du Bois, William, 1916-1993, author, illustrator.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

Y D816 T5 LOCAL

Language:

Text in English.

Publisher:

Viking Press

ISBN:

0670709123

Abstract:

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

Physical Description:

95 pages : colour illustrations 24 cm

Notes:

"First published in 1938 by The Viking Press, Inc."--title verso.

Subjects:

Police Juvenile fiction, Orphans Juvenile fiction, African Americans Juvenile fiction, Thieves Juvenile fiction, Fishers Juvenile fiction, Theft Juvenile fiction, Islands Juvenile fiction, Boats and boating Juvenile fiction, Wit and humor, Juvenile, Humorous stories, Detective and mystery stories, Fishing stories, Children's stories, American 20th century, Illustrated children's books 20th century, Humorous stories, Mystery and detective stories, African Americans, Boats and boating, Children's stories, American, Detective and mystery stories, Fishers, Fishing stories, Humorous stories, Illustrated children's books, Islands, Orphans, Police, Theft, Thieves, and Wit and humor, Juvenile

Genres/Forms:

Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Humorous fiction, Illustrated works, Juvenile works, Juvenile literature New York New York 1960. rbgenr, Dust jackets (Bindings) 1960. rbbin, Humorous fiction. lcgft, and Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft

Chronological Terms:

1900-1999 fast