Book excerpt: A sweet rhyming story from 1971 about a beloved schoolteacher is back in print! There once was a very unusual school That had for its teacher Miss Tillie O'Toole . . . So begins a rollicking story about a beloved teacher who presents all her lessons in riddles and rhyme, takes her students outside for picnics and kite-flying, and teaches them good, old-fashioned common sense along with the three R's. Charming illustrations of red-haired Miss Tillie O'Toole and her multicultural class make this breezy Little Golden Book as much fun to look at as well as read aloud!