Rereading: AT THAT TIME by Robert Lawson

The author and illustrator of favorites like “Ben and Me” and “Rabbit Hill” was born in 1892 in the late Victorian era, and raised in Montclair, NJ. This book is stories about his early life, from childhood fears to sports obsessions to early romance. The world it depicts seems centuries away, though in my own childhood of the 1950s, a few of Lawson’s passions were present, like kite flying. Some of the language used to describe ethnic minorities in this 1947 book is now politically incorrect, but if you can overlook that, you’ll find much to enjoy here. Lawson’s critical eye and humor are applied as much to his own young self as to those around him, and while his childhood seems idyllic in some ways, in others it shared experiences and troubles common to all children. Recommended if you can find it. Needless to say, the illustrations are excellent.

At That Time by Robert Lawson

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