Robert McCloskey’s family gift to the Nature Conservancy of the island on which his “One Morning in Maine” was set is a gift to all Mainers. I doubt that any state has as glorious a heritage of children’s literature as Maine.
When I think of our state, I think not of the governor who would snarl from every border, but rather of literate spiders, trains of ducklings, a lost young hiker, a girl and a bear converging in a blueberry field.
We should do more to celebrate Maine’s great contribution to children’s literature, and consider the McCloskey family gift as a great and generous start.
Phillip Hoose
Portland
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