Quite Contrary Man The Dial Press flashing fireflies

flashing fireflies

Some are calling him a thug

a creature made of horns and colors and claws

An essential in any shelf of diversity and inclusion books for kids

A celebratory bilingual concept picture book

Quite Contrary Man The Dial Press flashing firefliesIn early nineteenth century New England, folks considered a clean chin a sign of godliness. Born into this buttoned up, strict society, Joseph Palmer stood out from childhood as someone who liked to do things his own way. A friend to Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Alcotts, Palmer lived by his own code and grew a belly flowing beard that made his neighbors so crazy that they tried forcibly to shave him. He fought back and ended up in prison for a year.