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This is a story that I love that came from a book that I have read at least three times

of not more and it is called Dear Genius, the letters of Ursula Nordstrom.

Ursula Nordstrom was an absolutely legendary editor of children's literature, of picture

books, of chapter books.

She had a tremendous influence over the development of children's literature and of course I'm

a tremendous fan of children's literature.

This is a wonderful story that she tells in a letter to E.B. White.

Yes, she was writing to the E.B. White author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little and also

Trumpet of the Swan and this is a letter that has to do with Trumpet of the Swan and

it makes an excellent point about perfection.

So Ursula on September 4th, 1970 writes to E.B. White Dear Andy, that was the name people

really called him Andy.

Dear Andy, yes of course we will have that co-ho change to peep on page 201.

I'm sorry that we didn't catch that mistake here, forgive us.

However, I'm sure it made your two rich young readers happy to be able to point it out to

you.

The book about an octopus, Tommy Unger purposely in one picture gave the octopus only seven

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