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Baloney (Henry P.)
AuthorJon Scieszka, Lane Smith
Cover artistLane Smith
LanguageEnglish
SubjectOuter Space
Genrechildren's book
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
2001
Publication placeUnited States
Pages40
ISBN978-0-14-240430-0
OCLC61661264

Baloney (Henry P.) is a children's picture book written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith. It was published in 2001 by Viking Press. [1]

Plot

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The book tells the story of an alien schoolchild who has an excellent reason for being late for school – he had been blasted off into space.

About the text

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The book encourages the reader to work out the meaning of a word from its context. The apparently alien words sprinkled throughout the text are actually from Earth languages.

References

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  1. ^ Scieszka, Jon (2001). Baloney, Henry P. New York: Viking. ISBN 9780142404300.