Baloney (Henry P.)
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| Author | Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith |
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| Cover artist | Lane Smith |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Outer Space |
| Genre | children's book |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 40 |
| ISBN | 978-0-14-240430-0 |
| OCLC | 61661264 |
Baloney (Henry P.) is a children's picture book written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith. It was published in 2001 by Viking Press. [1]
Plot
The book tells the story of an alien schoolchild who has an excellent reason for being late for school – he had been blasted off into space.
About the text
The book encourages the reader to work out the meaning of a word from its context. The apparently alien words sprinkled throughout the text are actually from Earth languages.
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