Bubber Goes to Heaven

by Arna Bontemps

Written by Arna Bontemps in the early 1930s, this highly original tale recounts ten-year old Bubber's hunting trip with his Uncle Demus gone awry. Scaling the boughs of a giant tree called Nebuchadnezzar in pursuit of a raccoon, Bubber accidentally breaks a branch and crashes to the ground. The rest of the story is Bubber's dream while lying unconscious on the forest floor. Lifted by the strong arms of a couple of angels, the little Southern boy is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195123654
• ISBN13: 9780195123654
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Great to read aloud

I've read this book aloud to classes of fourth and fifth graders several times, and it always pleases. Children beg for the next chapter. It is a wonderful introduction to a Harlem Renaissance writer, and a great way for students to get a glimpse of a kid their age living in the very early 20th-century United States. It's warm, humorous and even a good beginner's social commentary.

bubber goes to heaven

I loved this book. I keeps you wondering, it has many exciting parts to it. As you are redaing the book you htink bubber has died. In actuality he was just having a vision. It makes you believe he is really there and this sory keeps your attantion throughout the entire story. I believe it's a good book for all ages,the ones who can read and comprehend.