Tuftoo the Clown

By Howard Roger Garis

Book Overview

Tuftoo the Clown is a children's book written by Howard R. Garis. The story follows the adventures of Tuftoo, a clown who works in a circus. Tuftoo is a kind and funny clown who loves to make people laugh. He is always trying to come up with new tricks and jokes to entertain the audience.One day, Tuftoo meets a group of children who are sad and lonely. He decides to cheer them up by performing his funniest tricks and telling them silly stories. The children are delighted and soon become fast friends with Tuftoo.As the story progresses, Tuftoo faces some challenges and obstacles, but he always manages to overcome them with his positive attitude and determination. Along the way, he learns important lessons about friendship, kindness, and perseverance.Tuftoo the Clown is a heartwarming and engaging story that will capture the imagination of young readers. With its colorful illustrations and lovable characters, it is sure to become a favorite bedtime story for children everywhere.1928. Howard Roger Garis also wrote under the pen name of Victor Appleton for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. He was the writer of many novels in the Tom Swift series and other Stratemeyer series including Uncle Wiggily, Buddy Boy, and Dick Hamilton. Tuftoo is a marionette, a wooden doll with a smiling face and a suit of many-colored silk. He has a happy time of it traveling in a puppet show with kindly player-people and other marionettes like himself. When Tuftoo gets lost out of the big caravan and Molla and Dick find him, the story really begins. The children take to the little marionette from the first, and through him they come to play in the puppet show themselves. They learn to work the fascinating marionettes and have wonderful adventures traveling from town to town. In Tuftoo the Clown, Garis has written a charming story, one that gives boys and girls a truthful picture of life in a puppet show. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 116263670X
• ISBN13: 9781162636702
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"