The whimsical book is for glum, grumpy kids in a clunky cast for a broken arm or leg, or to fix hip dysplasia. Created by grandmother/author Judith Wolf Mandell, and illustrated by Lise C. Brown, the book was inspired by her granddaughter's mostly miserable month in a spica (chest-to-ankle) cast to heal a broken thigh bone (femur) when she was 2. Mandell vowed to create … [Read more...]