By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman

Along with his butler Praiseworthy, he sets off on the adventure of a lifetime. Set during the Gold Rush, Jack is searching for wealth to help his aunt.

Wallet Moths: Used as a plot point in the first McBroom story Josh McBroom buys a seemingly worthless farm for everything in his wallet, and when it turns out to be valuable land, the swindler who sold the land demands it back, saying that McBroom still owes him the moths that flew out when he handed over the money. Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

(Fleischman himself started his career doing stage magic acts in nightclubs.) Mysterious in Mister Mysterious and Company, Fleischman's first children's book.

Popcorn on the Cob: In one of the McBroom tall tales, the weather becomes so hot that corn starts popping right off the stalks in the fields.

The Münchausen: Possibly Josh McBroom, and by extension, definitely Fleischman himself.Josh tends to rattle their names off at least once a book. Massive Numbered Siblings: Josh and Melissa McBroom have eleven kids - Will, Jill, Hester, Chester, Peter, Polly, Tim, Tom, Mary, Larry, and Little Clarinda.Author: Sid Fleischman, Illustrator: Willard E Lape Jr. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 6.99 (193pp) ISBN 978-2-1 Two tales of trickery and exaggeration by the Newbery. In Which a Trope Is Described: The chapter titles in The Ghost in the Noonday Sun. Instantly access By the Great Horn Spoon plus over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids. By the Great Horn Spoon Sid Fleischman, Eric Von Schmidt.Gold Fever: The California gold rush of 1849 is the setting of By the Great Horn Spoon! By the Great Horn Spoon 7.99 Author: Sid Fleischman Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Year: 1988 ISBN: 0316286125 Set during the Gold Rush, Jack is searching for wealth to help his aunt.Fearsome Critters of American Folklore: Appear in several of the McBroom books.Fantasy Americana: Several of Fleischman's books take place in frontier times.

His works with their own trope pages include: He is best known for his children's books, which include The Whipping Boy (1987 Newbery Medal winner), McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm, and The Ghost in the Noonday Sun. Albert Sidney Fleischman (born Avron Zalmon Fleischman, Ma– March 17, 2010) was an American writer.

By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman