Helen Marion Palmer (1899–1967)

This was a favorite book of my youth. There is no way a book like this could ever get published again.

Excellent art. Arbitrary no-explanation rules. Arbitrary no explanation fix at end. Read to me as a kid as, "Do what your told, and never mind why - and you can't fix it or know how it's fixed." Reads the same way to me now, with an added layer of, "Wait, the bloke selling the fish *knows* this will happen and sells without explanation anyway. That's all kinds of wrong."

*shrugs*

I'm easily miffed by kids books, I guess.

My favorite book as a child stills holds up today. Fun to read and imagine how to handle such a dire situation created because one failed to listen to the adults.

This book was written the year I was born and I probably read it for the first time 4-5 years later. It was a favorite of mine then and I have to admit 50 years on, it still made me smile. A