The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure

A 1921 children's fantasy novel by William Bowen, The Old Tobacco Shop follows a little boy named Freddie who, sent on an errand to a mysterious tobacco shop, encounters a hunchbacked man and a wooden Punch figure and is drawn into a world of adventure.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic short stories›American›Home, school, and sports

Reader

Young readers›Short stories›American›Home, school, and sports