Zany

In honor of Joy R.'s birthday this week, I'd like to highlight Yucka Drucka Droni

by Eugenia and Vladimir Radunsky, published 1998. As a kids clerk at Borders, I hadn't run into it; Joy found it at the library for her toddler son. She thought it was blast, but without her introduction I would have written it off as merely odd. It's a rollicking trip that says, "You think you know from zany? I'll show you from zany!" How many fun things the world might miss out on, except that they are pre-approved by a friend. The bandwagon can be a tool for good.