A good book for those beginning to read.
Twelve year old Margie Carson loves hearing stories. And ger daddy loves to tell them. One hot summer night Daddy, Margie, and her seven-year-old cousin Ethel troop over to the old one room school for a round of special storytelling. Daddy tells the girls about the time Aunt Daisy was chaced by a scary, eight-foot-tall shadow one Sunday night in her backyaed... about the flood the flood that nearly washed away the whole town and left a catfish on a neighbour's pillow... stories about rocks that bite and walnut wars... stories about Mary McLeod Bethune and the time Eleanor Roosevelt came to town... ten wonderful stories in all.
