The other night a friend who was recuperating from an injury asked us to tell him a story as he fell asleep. A story, we wondered, h-mm-mm. Why not read a kid’s book for this exhausted, wounded grown-up. Looking through our library, an ancient copy of Kay Thompson’s Eloise 
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Eloise does have a way of making things look brighter –and the way she wears those pink bloomers and mary janes– how couldn’t life be better?
I didn’t read Eloise as a child, but my daughters absolutely adore her –I am glad to get to enjoy her with them.
Can we give a shout out to Hilary Knight who illustrated not only Eloise but the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series, the I Hate to Cook Books and dozens of others. I am partial to the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books, myself.
The AMAZING Hilary Knight. We’re going to check out those Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books…
Eloise was always one of my mother’s favorites; thank you for the beautiful reminder of both of them!