Silly Tilly Author:Eileen Spinelli, David Slonim (Illustrator) Is Tilly too silly? This goofy goose took her baths in apple juice. She wore a pancake for a hat. She tried to ride the farmers cat. She kissed a fish. Imagine that! But Tilly's ridiculous behavior wears thin, prompting her barnyard friends to say, That's enough! So Tilly stops being silly for a while. The farm becomes Dullsville. Hetta ... more »Hen remarks, "I haven't laughed since Tilly chased the garbage men." Harvey Goat adds, "Not since Tilly sneezed and blew the fleas from Farmers coat and set his underwear afloat." Finally, Horse rallies the animals to apologize, and Tilly resumes her antics. The outsize, cartoonish illustrations of acrylic, pencil, and pen on linen overflow the pages and embellish the humor with details like the tiny tractors on Farmers boxers. If kids dont already know the phrase you silly goose, they will after laughing at this performance.