A book with a slope

Long before Julia Donaldson, Dr. Suza and almost simultaneously with Korney Chukovsky, American artist Peter Newel began to compose witty and hooligan books for children in poetry and forever changed the idea of ​​children"s literature!
Instead of Victorian severity and edification, he offered small readers a cheerful absurdity and humor. And he was one of the first to come up with that a book for children could be a game and a toy - his ideas were probably inspired by Karl Eric and Erve Tulle, and other inventors of books with holes, valves and interactive elements.
"Book with a slope" has been published for more than 100 years, and is still loved by parents, children and, of course, bibliophiles. The action in it is determined by its unusual shape: a heavy stroller escaped from the hands of a negligent nanny - and it rushed under the slope ... The witty and innovative picture book Peter Newell appeared simultaneously with the dumb comedies of Baster Keaton and is arranged according to the same principle: the hero, falling into an unusual The situation, rapidly rushes forward, creating a cheerful commotion and sowing comedic destruction