This is a very engaging picture book for children, parents, and grand parents. How do you teach you children to keep order at home and learn not to be messy? The story about Henry and his friend reveals that messines does not go hand in hand with friendship and it can not be tolerated. Very funny and provocative. Superb drawings by the author.

Bryan Wilson Speed grew up on a farm in Pickens County, Alabama, and attended a rural school during the depression days. As a young boy, he taught himself to paint and to play the piano. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the military during World War II. He served in the Philippines and with the occupation forces in Japan. After returning from the service, Bryan was accepted at the Shenandoah Music Conservatory to study classical music. Later, he became a teacher and administrator in public schools in Arkansas. Bryan also served ten years as the Director of the Crittenden County Museum in Earle, Arkansas. He has always been interested in art, music, and writing. He is also the author of "Little Bent Cedar" to be published by Nartea Publishing.