Gorky Rises
A Magic, Fantasy, Animals book. The world was all magic, and he had a special bottle of it in his right hand. William...
One fresh and fair summer day, as soon as his parents go out, Gorky sets up his laboratory by the kitchen sink to have another try at concocting a magic potion. This time he strikes upon the missing ingredient--half a bottle of his mother's attar of roses--and he knows it's success at last.While he is waiting for the bubbly, glinting liquid to show what it can do, he heads over to Elephant Rock, "his best spot for doing nothing." But on the way he stops to bask in the sun, soon falls asleep--and wakes to find himself floating in the immensely blue sky, clutching his bottle of magic.There follows the most astonishing, bewildering, and bedazzling adventure a young frog could possibly have. Orbiting the globe has its ups and downs, however, and Gorky soon begins to wonder if he'll ever get back to earth. He does manage to outwit the magic; but the potion saves a last surprise until Gorky reaches Elephant Rock, just on...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 32 pages
- ISBN: 9780374427849 / 374427844
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The world was all magic, and he had a special bottle of it in his right hand. William Steig, Gorky Rises //
Appropriate for grade 1-3Summary: Gorky is home alone but he does not worry, he won 19t be bored: it is the perfect time to make a magic potion. He adds a little of this and a little of that, a magic spell and he is ready to go try it out. He goes to his favorite spot: Elephant rock. His potion does more than he expected, soon he goes... Oh, how I do love William Steig's writing! Favorite line: "On the third try he let out a few drops and took such a steep plunge he thought it was goodbye Gorky. It was just one at a time after that."Wonderful celebration on imagination. Whee! Gorky rises from the sky. he is now called flying frog. Not just he passes through his house,he passes through the whole village.
