Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell - ISBN: 9780399234163
Hardcover
Be yourself, even when bullies try to bring you down.

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon

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  • Hardcover

    32 pages

  • Release Date

    27 August 2001

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Summary

Molly Lou Melon is short and clumsy, has buck teeth, and has a voice that sounds like a bullfrog being squeezed by a boa constrictor. She doesn’t mind. Her grandmother has always told her to walk proud, smile big, and sing loud, and she takes that advice to heart.

But then Molly Lou has to start in a new school. A horrible bully picks on her on the very first day, but Molly Lou Melon knows just what to do about that.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780399234163
ISBN-10:0399234160
Author:Patty Lovell, David Catrow
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:G P Putnam's Sons
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:32
Release Date:27 August 2001
Weight:346g
Dimensions:236mm x 240mm x 8mm
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Critics Review

“Leave it to Molly to transform all her ‘faults’ into marvelous talents.… Catrow’s pictures fill the pages with wild perspectives, goofy-looking kids, and hilarious details… . Leaves readers with the feeling that anything can be accomplished if you are the best person you can be and make the most of your gifts.” (Kirkus Reviews)“What keeps the storytelling fresh is the crisp prose and the heroine’s full-spead-ahead determination… . Catrow’s full-bleed pencil-and-watercolor illustrations, awash in ripe colors and animated by slapstick exaggeration, radiate a winningly eccentric elegance.” (Publishers Weekly)“The text is fast and funny, and Molly Lou is a fetching little heroine. Catrow’s palette is intense… . This will make a comic readaloud.” (The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)

About The Author

Patty Lovell

Patty Lovell’s dad told her the best stories when she was a little girl, inspiring her to write her own. Patty has taught elementary school in London, Virginia, Harlem, and on Long Island. She currently teaches first grade and lives in Glen Cove, New York.

David Catrow is the illustrator of many picture books including Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon and its sequel Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon, written by Patty Lovell; I Wanna Iguana and its two companion books I Wanna New Room and I Wanna Go Home, written by Karen Kaufman Orloff; Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel; The Middle Child Blues by Kristyn Crow; and We the Kids - the Preamble to the Constitution. He lives in Ohio with his wife, Deborah.

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