The adventures of McBroom

About Author

Albert Sidney Fleischman (born Avron Zalmon Fleischman; March 16, 1920 – March 17, 2010) was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history. He won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for The Whipping Boy and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1979 for Humbug Mountain. For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994. In 2003, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators inaugurated the Sid Fleischman Humor Award in his honor, and made him the first recipient. The Award annually recognizes a writer of humorous fiction for children or young adults. He told his own tale in The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life (1996). source: Wikipedia

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Books in this Series

McBroom's ghost

Sid Fleischman

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The McBroom family is plagued by a mysterious ghost that visits their farm after every prolonged freezing spell.

McBroom the Rainmaker

Sid Fleischman

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When a great drought on the prairie causes cows to give powdered milk and mosquitoes to grow almost as large as small cowsheds, McBroom comes up with a novel idea for producing rain.

McBroom Tells a Lie

Sid Fleischman

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A farmer and his family save their amazing one-acre farm by using a Popcornmobile, frozen sunlight, and lightning bugs.

McBroom tells the truth

Sid Fleischman

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After leaving their rocky Connecticut farm to seek their fortunes in the West, Josh McBroom, his wife Melissa, and their eleven redheaded children stop in Iowa where they become the owners of a small but very unusual piece of property.