Hurry, Hurry, Mary Dear

Book excerpt: A hilarious nonsense rhyme by N. M. Bodecker, a much-loved writer who won wide critical acclaim & a devoted audience during his lifetime. Now this poem has been illustrated in full color by Erik Blegvad, the only person besides himself that he would allow to interpret his work. Poor Mary is the person who must make all the preparations for winter in a frenzied crescendo of activity -- Churn the butter, smoke the hams, can the tomatoes, put up jams” -- leading up to a very funny ending. Illuminated by Bodecker's rare imagination, his glorious sense of the absurd, & his firsthand knowledge of country living, all beautifully matched by Blegvad's wondrous watercolor paintings This is a book to delight young readers & their elders again & again.” Reinf. bind.