LOVELL, Patty

While standing up to bullies is nothing new for the perpetually self-confident protagonist, the whimsical approach paired with Catrow’s familiar signature ink and watercolor caricatures make this an easily digestible lesson in making good choices and speaking up.

K-Gr 2—Molly Lou Melon has a house full of plastic toys and gewgaws, but her grandmother never did, and she tells her granddaughter about how she made playthings from found objects when she was young...