Execution politics aren't pretty. As governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton left the campaign trail in 1992 to personally oversee the execution of a brain-damaged man, Ricky Ray Rector, and prove his tough-on-crime bona fides.
Will he ever find a way to tell the people that he wants blueberry pie? And will they make him one? This book, originally published in 1961 by Jane Thayer, the pen name of Catherine Woolly, is representative of the high quality stories that were written for young children in the 1940s, 50s, and early 60's.
It was through her painting that she began writing for children. She wrote and illustrated an art appreciation book. Although it was never published, she discovered her love for writing children's books. Ella Enchanted was her first children's book published and it received the Newbery Honor in 1998. She began writing the book in a writing class, but she could not think of a good plot. She finally decided to write a Cinderella story because it already had a plot.