The Book of Bright IdeasBy: Sandra Kring Wisconsin, 1961. Evelyn Button Peters is nine the summer Winnalee and her fiery spirited older sister, Freeda, blow into her small townand from the moment she sees them, Button knows this will be a summer unlike any other. Much to her mothers dismay, Button is fascinated by the Malone sisters, especially Winnalee, a feisty scrap of a thing who carries around a shiny silver urn containing her mothers ashes and a tome she calls The Book