Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 304 Price, Edith Ballinger 1897 1997 Us and the Bottle Man Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Thaadd, Susan Lucy, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders "Us and the Bottle Man" by Edith Ballinger Price is a children's adventure novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around siblings Jerry, Greg, and Chris Holford, who embark on imaginative escapades during their summertime picnics on the island of Wecanicut. The children’s childhood whims lead them to write a playful message in a bottle, which ultimately brings unexpected correspondence from a mysterious figure they call the "Bottle Man," setting the stage for unique adventures and growing friendship. The opening of the book introduces us to the three main characters and their setting, highlighting their playful schemes during a picnic. The siblings creatively compose a letter that reflects their excitement for adventure, which they toss into the sea in hopes of it being discovered. Their light-hearted activities, including pretending to be pirates and finding a mysterious "Sea Monster," capture the essence of childhood imagination. As they explore both their immediate surroundings and the boundless possibilities of the adventures they can dream up, readers are drawn into their vibrant world marked by camaraderie and curiosity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Siblings -- Juvenile fiction Seashore -- Juvenile fiction New England -- Juvenile fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 160752 158683 2024-10-06T04:20:13.364200 2023-10-06T06:22:02.843592 text/html text/html 162974 2020-12-15T02:58:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 580924 2020-12-15T02:58:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 573430 2024-10-06T04:20:19.070245 application/epub+zip 575796 2024-10-06T04:20:15.330204 application/epub+zip 129794 2024-10-06T04:20:14.059213 application/epub+zip 441200 2024-10-06T04:20:21.663211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 428464 2024-10-06T04:20:18.289259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 206159 2022-09-06T22:03:02.816156 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144559 144491 2024-10-06T04:20:12.848227 2023-10-06T06:22:02.440565 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 144361 2020-12-15T02:58:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 55596 2020-12-15T02:58:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20337 2024-10-06T04:20:21.807143 application/rdf+xml 12152 2024-10-06T04:20:14.610228 image/jpeg 3238 2024-10-06T04:20:14.333192 image/jpeg 647793 2024-10-06T04:20:13.392192 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia