His eclectically detailed, down-home pictures, firmly rooted in folklore tradition, are the very essence of storybook rusticity. Zimmer ( John Tabor's Ride ) matches this linguistic stylization with some of his best work to date. Lewis's ( The Tsar & the Amazing Cow A Hippopotamusn't ) homely and pungent prose has the ring of a timeless tale handed down through generations. On his way out of town, as ``the dark grew tall in the trees,'' the dejected peddlar empties the jar's contents into a creek, and soon a stunning Moonbow illumines the night sky. Bones's wares suddenly lose their appeal. When there seems to be nothing inside, Mr. But Tommy Morgan, a newcomer to town (``On a June afternoon too hot to hurry, he sprang up from nowhere''), insists on opening his bottle of Moonbows. Once a year, Bartholomew Bones comes to town with a wagonload of treasures, among them ``a sackful of magic jars with mysterious labels-Sundrops, Snowrays, Moonbows, Rainflakes, and Whistling Wind.'' Children line up to purchase the jars, as ``a peculiar kind of luck'' comes from just carrying them around.
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