Leaping into a shirt and thrusting his arms into his pant legs, the Absentminded Fellow dashes out into the London streets, frantically hails a cab, rushes through the train station and right into an abandoned car. Three days later, to his surprise, he’s still in London…This droll character portrait will quickly have listeners chiming in on the chorus.

Related: Early Years (ages 2-6), England (UK), Europe, Fiction, Picture Book, Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9), Russia

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• ISBN: 9780374300135
• Authors: Marshak, Alexander; Marshak, Jakov
• Illustrator: Rosenthal, Marc
• Translator: Pevear, Richard
• Published: 1999, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Themes: Humor
• Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), England (UK), Europe, Fiction, Picture Book, Poetry, Primary (ages 6-9), Russia
• No. of pages: 32