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32 pp.
| Simon |
June, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-689-86187-1$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Arthur Howard.
Jessica the worrier, star of three previous books, is back. This time she's fretting about Brenda, a bully who teases her and calls her "Toothpick." She's intimidated for a while, but one day she answers back--"Toothpicks may be thin, but bullies never win!"--and Brenda is rendered speechless. The expressive illustrations underscore Jessica's transformation from slumped and discouraged to jaunty and confident.