Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.
Originally copyrighted 1954, renewed 1982. Illus. in color. Horton, the lovable elephant, tries to protect tiny creatures on a speck of dust. An easy reader with delightful verse and pictures.
A few chapters of this story introduced Peter Pan to the reading public. His chapters (13-18) were later published as "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens."