Anne Parrish (1888–1957)

Twas cute. I don't know what more to say than that, but it’s legitimately very cute. I feel like it’d be good to read sections of it to a kid before bedtime to clear the room of monsters and bad thoughts. There’s some light poetry, some drawings, and then stories of the types of dreams different characters have. They’re very fanciful stories, and… cuuuute.

Christmas gift

Follows a lost dollhouse and its inhabitants to a 'floating island.'
About as enjoyable as Hitty and her interminably long hundred year reign. Yeesh.

I thoroughly enjoyed The Floating Island though I do have to count it as one of the strangest books I have ever read. It's basically a retelling of Swiss Family Robinson but from the point of view of a ship wrecked doll house family. Anne Parrish included also did the illustrations for the book (though she credits most of them to Mr. Doll). My son is enthralled with these illustrations, especially the one of the owl. I'm thinking of scanning the owl illustration and printing it out for his wall.