A NAME DAY all her own! Nancy had never heard of this Swedish custom until she came to live for a year with Grandma and Grandpa Benson because her mother was sick. To her intense disappointment, Nancy finds that her name is not listed in the Swedish Almanac, so there is no day set aside especially for her.

Although the problem of a name day for Nancy is never far from anyone's mind, her life with the Bensons is filled with a shining, spontaneous delight. In a household where the slightest occasion calls for a celebration—complete with grandparents, cousins, uncles, aunts, and animals—it is impossible to be unhappy. But, of course, it is equally impossible to be the only one without a name day.

The many exquisite and delicate pictures by Garth Williams help to make this book as fresh and sunny as the yellow roses Nancy loves, and as memorable as the marvelous day on which she finally gets a name day all her own.

From the dust jacket