Rosie Runs Away

Rosie's baby brother, Fat Mat, has taken over the household. Trying to help her tired mother, Rosie takes Mat out to make mud pies and pick blueberries. Mama is terrified at their disappearance, and dismayed when she finds them, muddy and blueberry-stained. . She sends Rosie to her room, but Rosie decides instead to run away. . .. 'Any child who has ever felt misunderstood or unappreciated will sense an instant kinship with Rosie,' said Publisher's Weekly about an earlier edition of this book. 'Beginning readers will have little trouble with the short sentences and large type, and young listeners will enjoy the pictures of Rosie and her sweet surroundings,' wrote School Library Journal.