What was your favorite childhood story?

"Miss Twiggley's Tree by Dorothea Warren Fox. "   That's how I would start the book each time I read it to my kids.  My copy is worn with love.  The tape that holds the the pages together is yellowing  and evidence of chocholate fingers  from my childhood still remain.  The author may have also done the illustrations.  On the cover, Miss Twiggley and Puss are at play.  Miss Twiggley, hurling out from beneath  the branches of her willow tree on a single rope, is a girl trapped in a woman's body.  Puss is seated in a swing beside her .  "Funny Miss Twiggley, Lived in a tree, With a dog named Puss, And a color TV"  That's how the story  starts.  A woman and her dog living life.   Miss Twiggley is older, certainly over 30, probably closer to 50, and Puss is a dog who can go grocery shopping.  They fly kites and associate with bears.  They have a house that....it's a treehouse with all the amenities.  It rocks!!!   Miss Twiggley and Puss are different though....and people don't like different.  The people and dogs in town are mean and critical of their treehouse lifestyle.   But when a hurricane causes a flood,  Miss Twiggley and Puss open their home to even their most vocal critics.   In the process everyone learns that they should be tolerant of each others differences and that despite any differences, there are friendships to be made.