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McBroom Tells the Truth

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 2, 3, 4, 5
Page count: 9
Categories: Humor, Tall Tale

Author

Sid
Fleischman

Appeared in

McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm

Story Summary

This is the story of how McBroom, his wife and his children, Will Jill Hester Chester Peter Polly Tim Tom Mary Larry and little Clarinda, bought their one acre farm, discovered they had been cheated, then discovered the farm's amazing capacity to grow things nearly instantly. Its also the story that spawned a whole series of marvelous tall tales about life on McBroom's wonderful one acre farm.