New York, Toronto, London: McGraw Hill, 1963. First edition. Illustrated by the author’s husband, Richard Bergere. Each page of this very appealing children’s book is filled with suitably misty scenes in Paris from steep steps in Montmartre, kiosks, exchanges at the children’s local boulangerie, the Eiffel Tower viewed from “La Butte” to the Seine beside Notre Dame, the activity of the Luxembourg Gardens, and back to markets and squares in Montmartre. A big umbrella and little boots escort the children about in a Paris illustrated in a hazy blue/black with splashes of red. A simple text describes the “lashing and splashing” of the Seine and the surprise of sudden spring showers in the gardens. with charming endpapers of parpluies in the rain.iesud Small folio (25.7 x 18.5cm); 32 illustrated pages.