295U: Ring-Around-A-Rosie (Solved)

I am looking for a book I read in the mid-1960’s, probably young adult.  Tells the story of a girl who moves to Cape Cod? (some seashore region) to train with a famous tole (painting on tin ware, etc.) painter.  At first she just copies his designs, but he insists she should find her own muse.  One day she sees a group of kids playing ring-around-a-rosie and does a design based on that.

3 thoughts on “295U: Ring-Around-A-Rosie (Solved)

  1. Deborah Carpenter

    Paintbox Summer by Betty Cavanna. No doubt about it. Kate Vale goes to Provincetown to paint peasant furniture in Peter Hunt’s shop.

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  2. Ursula DeLong

    That’s it! That’s it! Is it ridiculous to feel such elation? It’s as though I’ve found a long lost friend. Thank you so much, Julie and Deborah. Hope I can return the favor one day.

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