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![]() ![]() ![]() The amiable Farmer McBroom’s surprising triumph over that lowdown dirty swindler, Heck Jones, who sold McBroom an 80-acre farm and after pocketing the cash revealed that the 80 acres were stacked one on top of another like pancakes-at the bottom of a pond, no less-is one of the most deeply satisfying events in print, period. Even today I can still rattle off a good WillJillHesterChesterPeterPollyTimTomMaryLarryandlittleClarinda! I have loved his work since I was a little girl-the McBroom books are some of the first books I remember reading and rereading and howling over and collecting. Literary giant Sid Fleischman died on March 17th at the age of 90. ![]()
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