Have you seen the list of Celebrity’s book picks at the NEA yet? (These are books that celebrities love, not books they wrote.)
Lots of famous classics on the list — Hillary Clinton likes Goodnight Moon, Chevy Chase likes Dr. Doolittle, etc…
But there is one real shocker on the list!
Patrick McEnroe — The Sloth’s Birthday Party by Diane Redfield Massie.
Dude! Where did that come from? I thought I was the only one that remember this one!
But a stop at Amazon shows I’m wrong, not only are there glowing reviews for it, but it’s actually selling pretty well, despite seeming to be out of print.
I had three of Massie’s books when I was a kid. Sloth, The Lion’s Bed and A Thief in the Botanical Gardens. B
Filed under: book review, kidlit
I am a die-hard fan of Zigger Beans. I want it back in print (and without being reissued with illustrations by someone else as was the travesty of the Baby Beebee Bird). I have a copy, and I’ve scanned the pages so that I don’t wear it out.