"The most disturbing thing about the library was its lack of sound. To boys used to the continuous racket of their own company, the hush of the library was as frightening as a looming pack of boys was to the librarian. Frangrant summer air swirled in when the boys stumbled through the door."
It is not easy to be a little in the land of bigs. Little Klein has great difficulty measuring up to the rowdy rivalry of his band of big, burly brothers. Their mother is not a lot different…always occupied with the life lived in a house full of boys. Little Klein just doesn’t measure up and he often feels ignored and very ‘small’. Then one day he meets up with a stray named LeRoy and life can begin in earnest for the pair. No longer lonely and alone, they set out on a series of adventures, mainly the result of LeRoy’s very inquisitive and persistent nose trouble. There are a bunch of fine characters here and a perfect late 1940s setting for mayhem and even heroism. I loved this book, and I think you will do the same.
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