Florence Parry Heide

Vignettes of children whose less than desirable behavior is masked in insidious but acceptable ways.

The Shrinking of Treehorn is a book by Florence Parry Heide, illustrated by Edward Gorey and first published in 1971. The main character in the book is Treehorn, a young boy who begins shrinking in height after playing a strange board game. Treehorn's parents fail to notice. The sequel to this book is Treehorn's …