We discussed the Brownies in my Comics and Graphic Novels class, so naturally when I had the chance to read them, I jumped on it. I have the 1955 copyright version. I enjoyed the simple illustrations and the way that the illustrator used the colors, mostly green with red that popped in to bring attention to certain things. I also enjoyed how the size of the words changed to reflect their meaning. For example, the word "crept" was written smaller than the regular sized text. The word "long" became "l----ong." The story itself was cute and well written, with moments of suspense (would the Brownies be thrown into the fire!?) and moments of kindness. A great children's book. ( )