Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon

Be yourself like Molly Lou Melon no matter what a bully may do!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.Be sure to look for Molly Lou's other charming books, Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon and Speak Up, Molly Lou Melon!

Winner of Georgia Children's Book Award (Picture Storybook) 2003 Winner of Beehive Awards (Picture) 2003 Commended for Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award 2003 Short-listed for Book Sense Book of the Year Award (Children's Illustrated) 2002 Short-listed for North Carolina Children's Book Award (Picture Book) 2003 Short-listed for Golden Sower Award (Grades K-3) 2005 Short-listed for Buckaroo Book Award 2003 Short-listed for Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (Picture Book) 2004

“"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 )”

"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)

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 includingStand Tall, Molly Lou Melonand its sequelHave Fun, Molly Lou Melon, written by Patty Lovell;I Wanna Iguanaand its two companion booksI Wanna New RoomandI Wanna Go Home,written by Karen Kaufman Orloff;Our Tree Named Steveby Alan Zweibel;The Middle Child Bluesby Kristyn Crow; andWe the Kids- the Preamble to the Constitution.He lives in Ohio with his wife, Deborah.

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