Oh I wish I'd read this treasure when I was a girl, so I could emulate Miss Gay rather than the more respectable townsfolk.

I suppose nowadays we have the likes of [a:Leo Lionni|32804|Leo Lionni|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1212699342p2/32804.jpg] to teach us the value of creativity and joy, but Margery Williams Bianco predated even the Beatniks, even further the Hippies, by half a century. I have no idea why this isn't universally beloved. Seriously, I'd have loved it as a child, and do now.

Thank you Elko library for not culling it and for being willing to loan it to Carson City! Now I've got to try to track down a copy to be ready to share with my (still hypothetical) grandchildren. ( )