“’Betty Lou Blue had the world’s biggest feet.  Whackety,thwackety, flappety feet.’

   You can add that to your Memorable Opening Lines of Literature list.”

                                                                   --Julie Danielson,

                       Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast

  Betty Lou is a little girl with a big problem -- all the other kids make fun of her huge feet.  Her mother tells her she’s perfect just as she is, but that’s hard for her to believe.

   When the other kids become trapped in the snow and only Betty Lou is there to help, she has to decide whether to help her tormentors or walk away....

Other praise for Betty Lou Blue:

“Crocker’s rhyming text and Russian-influenced illustrator Boris Kulikov’s artwork stir compassion.  This wonderful story is well suited to reading aloud.”

                  --Isabel Baker, Journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children

A gentle lesson for any child - told in a way that doesn’t judge.”

                                                -- Jennifer Miller, Rocky Mountain News, “Our Favorite Books of 2006”

“...a fun seasonal selection and a great starting point for conversations about bullies.”

                                                                                                     --Piper L. Nyman, School Library Journal

          published by Dial Books, 2006