Willie Was Different

Norman Rockwell. Dragonfly Books, $5.99 (27pp) ISBN 978-0-679-88262-6

An awkward wood thrush and a small-town librarian team up in the illustrator's only children's story, originally published in McCall's in 1967. ""Rockwell's effusive color illustrations will warm new generations,"" said PW. All ages. (May)

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