At the time I knew Lolly best, she was in her late thirties. I first met her when she was illustrating a story of mine for a ladies' magazine that specialized in recipes with happy endings. She phoned to ask if she might come to see me and get my ideas, which surprised me because usually illustrators seem to prefer not even to read the story aloud, for fear their imaginations might get mucked up by the facts.

-- from A Growing Wonder (1957)