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I thought this was remarkably ageless. Written in 1922, Crompton details the antics of a very curious, very original little boy who terrorizes his family while thinking he's helping. I picked up this book because Neil Gaiman said that it was the inspiration for Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch on my podcast. I ended up enjoying it thoroughly and even reading it to my daughter. It was charming and fun.
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When I finish a 1001 Children's Book You Must Read that is as wonderful as this book, I am happy to think I still have 408 more to read. William is a devil of a little boy, a Dennis the Menace, a Leave It to Beaver, a Henry Huggins. He drives his mother and father and sister and brother and aunt and cousin...everybody, in short, crazy with his antics.
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