Doodles, the Sunshine Boy by Emma C. Dowd (1851 - 1938)

Doodles is a gentle child, who spends his days confined to a chair - but his life is turned round by the arrival of a special new friend, a gift from his brother Blue, with a remarkable talent. This story tells his tale and that of his life in America in the early 1900s. (summary by TribalElder)