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The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine or The Hithering Thithering Djinn

by Donald Barthelme

Picture book · ages 4–8 · grades K–3 · 600L

Why we'd hand it over

Barthelme's surrealist sensibility collides with picture-book form in a way that delights kids who like their stories genuinely weird — not cute-weird, but logically askew.

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The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine or The Hithering Thithering Djinn by Donald Barthelme (ages 4–8) — ChapterScout