Project Gutenberg 2008-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 115 Abbott, Jacob 1803 1879 Marianne Erodore Rollo at Work Reading ease score: 86.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. "Rollo at Work" by Jacob Abbott is a children's fiction work written in the mid-19th century. This book is part of the Rollo series, designed to engage young readers while teaching valuable lessons about industry and responsibility through the character Rollo. The story likely follows Rollo's adventures as he learns the importance of hard work and the sensible approach to play and responsibility. The opening of the book introduces Rollo, a young boy who is eager to work in his garden but struggles with distractions and the concept of industriousness. As he begins planting beans and tending to his garden, he encounters various challenges, including a young colt that initially frightens him and the distractions of play. Rollo's interactions with his father and friends reveal his desire to learn how to work effectively, leading to humorous misadventures as he tries different methods of managing his tasks. These early experiences set the tone for Rollo's journey toward becoming a more industrious and responsible character throughout the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Farm life -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 320345 320378 2024-10-11T04:41:59.459894 2023-09-11T08:04:50.984107 text/html text/html 323106 2021-10-19T00:00:31 text/html 1211800 2024-10-11T04:42:07.525343 application/epub+zip 1214429 2024-10-11T04:42:01.849861 application/epub+zip 139396 2024-10-11T04:42:00.399904 application/epub+zip 1352953 2024-10-11T04:42:11.856365 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1307025 2024-10-11T04:42:06.561873 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201665 2022-09-11T14:23:44.923874 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194222 194250 2024-10-11T04:41:58.369890 2023-09-11T08:04:50.069108 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 193989 2021-10-19T00:02:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19501 2024-10-11T04:42:11.991334 application/rdf+xml 9248 2024-10-11T04:42:00.981876 image/jpeg 2700 2024-10-11T04:42:00.687934 image/jpeg 65864 2021-10-19T00:04:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 1364462 2021-10-19T00:05:13 application/octet-stream application/zip 1435102 2024-10-11T04:41:59.514902 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