Travel Back to a Time of Innocence and Adventure Until Kirby Mellen was ten nothing very exciting had ever happened to him or his father or his mother or his little sister Bitsy.
This book is also available from Echo Point as a paperback (ISBN 1648371582)..
With delightful illustrations by Sheila Greenwald, this story will capture the imagination of children of all ages.
Written long before the introduction of the internet, it speaks of people solving problems through understanding and coming together.
Carol Ryrie Brink\'s classic children\'s tale evokes a time of innocence and adventure in the lives of the Mellen children and their friends.
Carver, who has a knack for uncovering the secrets left by Uncle Hiram.
There\'s old Miss Ferry who talks to crabs and other beach creatures, Marvello the magician, the two gangsters Locke and Black, and jolly Mr.
It isn\'t long after the Mellens arrive at the Motel that things go even more off kilter with regulars (and some irregulars) taking up residence in the cottages.
It was pink, pink, PINK.
It was pinker than Kirby\'s necktie or Bitsy\'s hair ribbon.
And these seven buildings are not just quietly pink-they are outrageously PINK.
People like the Mellens, from Minnesota, do not paint their buildings pink.
All of this changes very suddenly with the death of far-distant Uncle Hiram, who leaves his Florida motel-painted pink-to Kirby\'s mom.
Travel Back to a Time of Innocence and Adventure Until Kirby Mellen was ten nothing very exciting had ever happened to him or his father or his mother or his little sister Bitsy
