The Slant Book

Bobby’s go-cart breaks loose at the top of a hill—and while his nurse screams, he claps his hands and laughs. Down the slant they fly!

In Peter Newell’s 1910 verse adventure, one steep hill turns an ordinary town into a downhill obstacle course. Bobby rides on, delighted, as a startled officer and the town’s unsuspecting passersby find themselves in the path of his runaway cart. With each new collision, the commotion grows—and Bobby’s excitement never flags. How much trouble can one little go-cart gather before its wild ride is through?

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