![]() ![]() I like to think that they’re purposely reminiscent of the Barrymores in Hound of the Baskervilles. Orbed returns from studying penguins at the South Pole and decides that what Dilly needs is a real home, so he sets him up in a cute house with a couple named Blackpool to watch over him. Orbed, he’s being raised by a bank, which sends him off to boarding schools during the school year and sleep-away camps during the summer. In the absence of his proper guardian, Mr. Most of the children’s books I love best are worthwhile no matter what age you are, but I think you have to be, say, under the age of thirteen for this one to work its magic on you.ĭilly McBean is an orphan. I think it’s the kind of children’s book that only appeals to kids. I’m not sure if this book is any good, really, but I love it to bits. And then, a few years ago, I tracked down a copy, and knowing I own it gives me the same happy glow as knowing I own a copy of Walter Sherwood’s Probation, Horatio Alger Jr.’s paean to gullibility. ![]() I’m not sure how many times I borrowed this, or how many times I remembered it fondly in later years. And I read The Secret Life of Dilly McBean. Every Encyclopedia Brown book they had, probably, and kind of a lot of Sweet Valley High. When I was in elementary school, my grandfather used to take me to the library on a regularly basis. ![]()
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