1965 Caldecott Honor Book
Beautiful and lovely; intricate illustrations ( )

Beautiful pictures with lots of detail and color on every page match the joyful, silly story. The book pretty much lists many silly phrases and adds in the idea that rain makes applesauce. ( )

May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers beat this for the Caldecott in 1965. I bet it was a tough decision. (Though I don't personally like the former nearly as much as this, I can imagine the appeal.)

This is just gorgeous - nonsense verse illustrated by intricate fantasy scenes that could give a reader cumulative hours and hours of joy. I hope you all can get a copy, and be sure to read the information on the flaps, including especially Scheer's biography & photo.

This is a book that, had I read it as a child, would probably have changed my life. I would have been inspired to more freely appreciate 'silly talk' and to attempt to create my own detailed imaginary scenes like the ones drawn here by Bilick. I definitely would have given it five stars then. ( )

47 months - O thinks this book is silly but doesn't really like the illustrations... go figure as a Caldecott honor book. We just don't get it... at least it's a quick easy read. ( )

Delightful and transcendent. A book to cherish.
"You're just talking silly talk." ( )