Homer’s antics include finding robbers by using his pet skunk, helping his uncle win Miss Terwilliger’s hand in marriage with huge balls of yarn (whose yarn ball has the most yarn?), and finding a lost diamond bracelet inside thousands of donuts. The stories are ridiculous and are sure to entertain children today just as much as children when the volume was first written.
My seven-year-old son enjoyed reading these stories after I insisted he give them a try. He says that he “liked the whole thing.” He was retelling me the hilarity of some of the stories after the fact, obviously relishing the delight he had in first reading them.
