Books with title Dandy, Dandy, Dandelion

This is a story about feelings and learning to find joy in what is. Jenny finds a puppy on her way to school one day. She lives in an apartment and pets are not allowed. Jenny struggles to cope with her feelings as she desires to keep the puppy. With the help of a grandmotherly neighbor Jenny makes an unexpected friend and learns a valuable lesson in listening to her own inner wisdom.

Card catalog description:Dandelion overdresses for a come-as-you-are party and is turned away because the hostess does not recognize him. ***From the back: Dandelion was excited about his invitation and primped outrageously for the occasion. Firsta haircut, shampoo, and manicure, next a wave as in the latest lion fashion magazine - then an elegant new jacket and cap, and last a bouquet of dandelions for the hostess. But when a loveable lion undergoes an overhaul it can sometimes prove disastrous, and what happens to Dandelion before and after is told in a deliciously sly and humorous fashion.

Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author's most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928. Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole wide world that lies beyond the city limits. It is a pair of brand-new tennis shoes, the first harvest of dandelions for Grandfather's renowned intoxicant, the distant clang of the trolley's bell on a hazy afternoon, It is yesteryear and tomorrow blended into an unforgettable always. But as young Douglas is about to discover, summer can be more than the repetition of established rituals whose mystical power holds time at bay. It can be a best friend moving away, a human time machine who can transport you back to the Civil War, or a sideshow automaton able to glimpse the bittersweet future. Come and savor Bradbury's priceless distillation of all that is eternal about boyhood and summer.