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DON'T JUDGE A LIZARD BY HIS SCALES The Principle Gang #1 by Dan Dugi, Jr., M.D. & Bli Marston Dugi, MPA-C Illustrated by Andrea Vitali Dugi Group, LLC, 2014 ISBN: 978-0-9898362-0-3 Picture Book Source: publisher for review All opinions expressed are solely my own. ABOUT THE BOOK Everyone knows that lizards eat flies, but Bli the Fly and Danny the Wizard Lizard are willing to put their differences aside to become the best of friends. Danny the Wizard Lizard goes on a fly-free diet as he sets out to prove that he is not like all the other lizards. During their quest for friendship, Danny the Wizard Lizard and Bli the Fly encounter the Lousy Lizard Gang, a no-good group of bullies. Danny the Wizard Lizard gives the first glimpse into why he is a Wizard Lizard by exhibiting special powers to stop the bullying that goes on at the movie theater. Witnessing his heroic act, Bli the Fly’s mother, Mrs. Fly, realizes that she misjudged this lizard, and Bli the Fly g...

LION VS. RABBIT by Alex Latimer Peachtree Publisher, 2013 ISBN: 978-1-56145-709-0 Picture Book Grades K-3 Review copy provided by publisher in return for honest review. All opinions expressed are solely my own. ABOUT THE BOOK Lion bullies all the other animals until finally they can't take it anymore. They post an ad, asking for help. One animal after another tries and fails to defeat Lion. Can no one stop him? Finally, a rabbit arrives. No one thinks that such a small animal will be brave enough or strong enough to defeat Lion. But perhaps this rabbit is smart enough? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alex Latimer lives near the border of a national park so when not writing or drawing, he spends his free time shooing baboons out of his lounge. The Boy Who Cried Ninja is his first book for children. He lives in South Africa. REVIEW Bullying has become a topic of great interest and as such has inspired many books about it.  I quite enjoyed this one because it is not only ...

PINGO AND THE PLAYGROUND BULLY written by Brandon Mull, illustrated by Brandon Dorman Shadow Mountain, 2012 ISBN: 978-1-60907-178-3 Picture Book Fantasy Grades 1-5 Reviewed from purchased copy. ABOUT THE BOOK In first grade, Chad and his imaginary friend, Pingo, meet other kids and their imaginary friends: Gary protects the galaxy with Sparky the robot; Tiffany helps save the day with Awesome Girl; and Dustin can hide Mr. Bob in his pocket. One recess, after defeating a clan of lava monsters, Chad and his friends decide to have a contest to see which imaginary friend is the smartest or the strongest or the sneakiest. However, when Jeremy, the schoolyard bully, and his imaginary friend, Grunt, decide to prove that they re the best, Pingo saves the day by befriending Jeremy and Grunt and inviting them on an adventure down the Amazon River. We re all good at different things, and that makes friendship fun. Let s go play! A delightful, full-color picture book about the...

MILLIE FIERCE written and illustrated by Jane Manning Philomel Books, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-399-25642-4 Grades K-2 Copy provided for blog tour in return for an honest review. No compensation was received for this review. All opinions expressed are solely my own. If Fancy Nancy got angry. Really, really angry. Millie is quiet. Millie is sweet. Millie is mild. But the kids at school don't listen to her. And she never gets a piece of birthday cake with a flower on it. And some girls from her class walk right on top of her chalk drawing and smudge it. And they don't even say they're sorry! So that's when Millie decides she wants to be fierce! She frizzes out her hair, sharpens her nails and runs around like a wild thing. But she soon realizes that being fierce isn't the best way to get noticed either, especially when it makes you turn mean. So Millie decides to be nice--but to keep a little of that fierce backbone hidden inside her. In case she ever needs...