01783cam a2200277 4500 513296877 TxAuBib 20210918120000.0 070611s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007021550 9780618979745 0618979743 (OCoLC)145396410 TxAuBib Lowry, Lois. The Willoughbys / Lois Lowry ; nefariously written and ignominiously illustrated by the author. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008. 174 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. "Shouldn't we be orphans?" one of the Willoughby children suggests one day. The four are, after all, part of an old-fashioned kind of family, and their parents - well, their parents are not all that one would hope for. Recalling literary heroes and heroines such as Anne of Green Gables, Pollyanna, and James with his giant peach, the Willoughbys concoct a diabolical plot to turn themselves into worthy and winsome orphans. Little do they know that Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby have already begun to formulate their own thoroughly despicable plan inspired by another favorite bedtime story: the tale of Hansel and Gretel... Villains, benefactors, no-nonsense nannies, abandoned infants, long-lost heirs, and late-life romance all make their appearance along with the irrepressible Willoughbys as the Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry pays playful homage to classic works of literature in this hilarious and decidedly "old-fashioned" parody. 20210918. Orphans Fiction. Brothers and sisters Fiction. Families Fiction. Humorous stories.