SPRING BEGINS IN MARCH

Little, Brown, Boston, 1966, 5th pr.  Illustrations by Lewis Parker.  Former school library book with usual stamps, labels and markings; pocket affixed at rear.  Yellow boards with green lettering on front and spine; foxing on upper and lower board edges.  Binding sound.  Price-clipped dust jacket in clear protective cover.  Sticker residue on FEP; jacket taped to boards with residue transferred to end papers; remainder of interior unmarked; black & white illustrations.  ‘Meg not only had to share a room with her handicapped sister who had learned to make the best of her physical disabilities; she even felt out of place in her whole family. … The promise of a room of her own seemed to be the answer to everything.  But instead of a room to herself, Meg had to learn to live with another person and make new adjustments when Grandma Kent came to live with the Copelands.  She felt more left out and unloved than ever.’ (from front flap)