Book #125 of 2021: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois I have a lingering childhood fondness for this funny little title, which taps into a Roald Dahl type of whimsical inventiveness in showing off its various ideas. (My favorite: the bed of ‘continuous sheets’ that cranks a conveyor belt to wash and dry …
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