This was my absolute favorite book in elementary school. I read it several times, and I really need to put some work into finding a copy for myself. I can still picture the yellow rose wallpaper the MC got in her bedroom. ( )

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Ex-lib. Tompkins County library ( )

A city girl whose mother is very ill goes to live in the country with her grandparents, and spends a spring and summer playing with her cousins and enjoying life on a farm.
This one melted into syrupy sweetness, mixed with the cloying annoyance of a sad girl complaining and getting everything she wants. So, well, kind of ew. The one saving grace here are the illustrations by Garth Williams. ( )