Rootabaga Pigeons
Restored Classics to Go EditionBy Carl Sandburg
Length2h 36m
About this audiobook
This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. In Rootabaga Country, Blixie Bimber and the Potato Face Blind Man open a doorway into a world where errands become adventures and ordinary things reveal their hidden lives. From a skyscraper aimed at the moon to a girl who asks a ballplayer to gather moon-treasures from enchanted trees, these tales mingle nonsense, romance, and childlike philosophy with a surprising emotional depth. Pink Peony, Deep Red Roses, and other unforgettable figures wrestle with love, promises, waiting, and the uneasy balance between head and heart. Elsewhere, Hatrack the Horse carries news from the Village of Cream Puffs, where Rag Bag Mammy rewards children with candy, toys, and even a tiny singing doll, and where six homesick pigeons, their feet bandaged and wings battered, cling to the yellow climbing roses and the thought of home. The book also teems with comic household mythology: Jack Knife, Kindling Wood, Hot Cookie Pan, Splinters, Shush Shush the banty hen, umbrellas, baboons, and kitchen objects all behave like members of a sprawling, affectionate family. Throughout, the stories turn absurdity into folklore and everyday life into a place of wonder.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.5 (22)
Includes Goodreads
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length2 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
31. Two Stories Told by the Potato Face Blind Man.
42. Two Stories About Bugs and Eggs.
53. Five Stories About Hatrack the Horse, Six Pigeons, Three Wild Babylonian Baboons, Six Umbrellas, Bozo the Button Buster.
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64. Two Stories About Four Boys Who Had Different Dreams.
75. Two Stories Told by the Potato Face Blind Man About Two Girls with Red Hearts.
86. Three Stories About Moonlight, Pigeons, Bees, Egypt, Jesse James, Spanish Onions, the Queen of the Cracked Heads, the King of the Paper Sacks.
97. Two Stories Out of the Tall Grass.
108. Two Stories Out of Oklahoma and Nebraska.
119. One Story About Big People Now and Little People Long Ago.
1210. Three Stories About the Letter X and How It Got into the Alphabet.
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